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[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

No longer do I have to learn Regex! For that alone AI is worth.

[-] CoderKat@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

As a dev, I honestly can't understand that. I probably use regex a dozen times a day. Basic regex is so easy and useful, but describing exactly what you want is so iffy for an AI. The basics of regex are also so easy. It's not like most people are trying to, say, parse an email address with regex. Most usage is basic, like "extract this consistent pattern from this text" or "remove this (simple) parameter from this function". It takes me seconds to come up with a working regex in most cases.

[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

There are many of us, myself included, who struggle with Regex. We are common enough that there is a pretty standard joke among developers that if you have a problem and solve it with Regex, congratulations you now have two problems.

I appreciate what you're saying and you're a god among men if you are proficient in Regex but you're not the norm.

this post was submitted on 27 Oct 2023
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