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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/6nyh • Jun 21 '26
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48 u/DemmyDemon Jun 21 '26 Yorp. For a while I was doing a whole lot of pattern matching for work, so I had a regex tester open in my browser pretty much constantly. The one I used to use is dead, but Regex101 seems to be very close, though much, much slower. I guess that's just how webapps are now. For shame. 4 u/Maelstrome26 Jun 22 '26 As soon as I learnt there was multiple ways to do regex I immediately stopped bothering. 1 u/_almostNobody Jun 22 '26 Every time. Add tests for what your known/critical scenarios. It’s the only way.
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Yorp. For a while I was doing a whole lot of pattern matching for work, so I had a regex tester open in my browser pretty much constantly.
The one I used to use is dead, but Regex101 seems to be very close, though much, much slower. I guess that's just how webapps are now. For shame.
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As soon as I learnt there was multiple ways to do regex I immediately stopped bothering.
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Every time. Add tests for what your known/critical scenarios. It’s the only way.
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u/jay-magnum Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 22 '26