nixCraft 🐧
I am 100% convinced that no one actually knows regex.*
Jun 22, 2023 at 8:16pmWeb
Show threadghorwood↙↙↙Jun 22, 2023
@nixCraft the .* at the end is the real joke here.
Show threadCupcakeRob Jun 22, 2023
@ghorwood @nixCraft thanks, I didn't get that
Show threadUckermark MacGyver Jun 22, 2023
@nixCraft Chomsky does ;)
Show threadRayJun 22, 2023

@nixCraft

This vaguery is maddening. regextensions? regexposition? regexopotamus?

Show threadYou S BluesJun 22, 2023
@nixCraft I feel seen. I wonder if this is a good use case for chat gpt. Next time I need regex, I’ll give it a go.
Show thread𝖆𝖒𝖆𝖗𝖔𝖐Jun 22, 2023
@nixCraft
Our cats do know!
#regex #geekhumor πŸ˜ƒ
Show threadMayor of Nerdocrumbesia 🏑Jun 22, 2023

@amarok @nixCraft

Thanks!!! I feel MUCH less stupid now.

Show threadNoTheOtherNick Jun 22, 2023
@amarok @nixCraft πŸ’―
Show threadisulJun 23, 2023
@amarok @nixCraft πŸ˜‚
Show threadwanty@multivac ~ >Jun 23, 2023
@amarok @nixCraft Until the cat presses escape and starts recording my β€˜:’ register
Show threadParade du Grotesque πŸ’€Jun 23, 2023

@amarok @nixCraft

Accurate

Show threadttkciarJun 23, 2023
@amarok @nixCraft Way to make regexing seem like a superpower ;-)
Show threadTeepeeJun 22, 2023
@nixCraft Always get the regexp to work by pure chance πŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆ
Show threadJeff HaluskaJun 22, 2023
@nixCraft Regex is like salt. A tiny bit is nice, but man it can spoil a dish fast.
Show threadmeadowhawkJun 22, 2023
@nixCraft I've known regex at least a dozen times over the past decade..
Show threadGilesJun 22, 2023

@nixCraft

"Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems." - JWZ

Show threadUnHookedJun 22, 2023
@nixCraft y(?:(?:(?:(?:ee+)y|y(?:ee+y|y(?:e+|i+)s?)|ye+sy))|e(?:s?e+e*|e(?:ys|e+y)))?s
Show threadBaron VonskinnbackJun 23, 2023
@unhook2048 @nixCraft
Show threadRedMagus ClawmusJun 22, 2023
@nixCraft anyone that claims they do are probably doing it "wrong" in the same way people use C++ standards (this is a joke in case anyone thinks I am being overly serious)
Show threadxenosJun 22, 2023
@nixCraft I've been loving https://regex.ai/
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Show threadMerePotatoHeadJun 22, 2023
@nixCraft regex for the lazy. All my homies write hand made parsers. I wouldn't trust a magic language to verify that [email protected] is an email.
Show threadLuna:babaw_is: NOT  Jun 23, 2023
@MerePotatoHead @nixCraft if you want to check if something is an email address, the best solution is to just check for an @, and then send an email with a link or a code
Show threadAbiviaJun 23, 2023
@nixCraft Since writing [make that being forced to write] my own compact, limited regex parser in C (still with back-pattern matching) many, many moons ago, A surprising amount of my subsequent income has been derived from writing regexes.
Show threadJ$Jun 23, 2023
@abivia @nixCraft My own RE parser; a preprocessor to compose complex RE’s from simpler ones (after all, RE’s are closed under composition), etc. etc. - and in the end, a little grep here and there and the money just kept walking in. Maybe that’s a slight exaggeration. Slight.
Show threadAbiviaJun 23, 2023
@js @nixCraft There should be some kind of (gender neutral) brotherhood/secret society for this. The Order of the Masters of the Regex or something. πŸ˜‚
Show threadskryJun 23, 2023
@nixCraft Thank you.
Show threadposwaldJun 23, 2023
@nixCraft @lisamelton you know who does though? ChatGPT… it’s weird.
Show threadJane AdamsJun 23, 2023

@nixCraft Behold, the regex my colleague wrote when we built the Twitter ngram viewer

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Show threadSir David NielsenJun 25, 2023
@nixCraft @lisamelton
Show threadRyan ParmanJul 7, 2023
@nixCraft @lisamelton: Which regex? ;)