Quincy ⁂
do you like regexes?
yes!!!
31.4%
yes
19.6%
so-so
35.3%
no
13.7%
Poll ended at .
Mar 26 at 9:55amWeb
Show threadQuincy ⁂3d ago

I like them, but I'm not angry with anyone who doesn't. Sometimes they're useful.

Also, I wouldn't dream of telling an employee or contractor (if I had any) to "use them ... or else".

Or "everyone is using them, hence so must we".

Weird that this needs pointing out regarding any supposedly beneficial technology, isn't it?

Show threadQuincy ⁂3d ago

Back in the day, I might've done some pretty "productive" and revenue bringing things using these (& other things). Or maybe not. Who can tell.

Now imagine inventing KPI measuring the adoption of RegEx technology by individual employees, based on this.

This whole industry has become unhinged.

Show threadsteeph   🎆 ٩(˘◡˘)۶4d ago
@quincy I was looking for the regex joke in the answers. I think there may not be one and you just want to know whether we like regexes.
Show threadQuincy ⁂4d ago
@steeph Correct. I forgot to put a joke in, and really want to know.
Show threadholothuroid3d ago
@quincy Enjoyment is so little, i wrote an abstraction for it. https://codeberg.org/holothuroid/regexbuilder
regexbuilder

Java builder for regex patterns

Codeberg.org
Show threadQuincy ⁂3d ago
@holothuroid nice :)
Show threadRotkäppchen3d ago

@holothuroid @quincy
Foundation (Swift’s analogue (in my view) to the util package) has `RegexBuilder` for a similar purpose. Now you have to make a choice: be concise with Regex literals, or verbose using the Builder.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/RegexBuilder

#swift #swiftlang

RegexBuilder | Apple Developer Documentation

Use an expressive domain-specific language to build regular expressions, for operations like searching and replacing in text.

Apple Developer Documentation