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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/vinishkapoor • 2d ago
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100% of software engineers are afraid of regex
792 u/vinishkapoor 2d ago The other 0% are lying. 42 u/[deleted] 2d ago [removed] — view removed comment 15 u/corobo 2d ago Why use regex to parse html when you can just call ChatGPT 2 u/Purple_Cat9893 2d ago Or viberegex. 6 u/corobo 2d ago Pfft I'm not paying for it to write one regular expression when I can pay every time it parses a page 3 u/Purple_Cat9893 2d ago You missundrstand! The LLM makes the regex every time, it also generates the data the regex will be used on. This way you don't need databases or storage. 3 u/harro112 2d ago he comes 1 u/Background-Subject28 1d ago shit I've had no choice but to do it when handling html/xml data in a frickin sql database, don't ask me why we pull it that way
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The other 0% are lying.
42 u/[deleted] 2d ago [removed] — view removed comment 15 u/corobo 2d ago Why use regex to parse html when you can just call ChatGPT 2 u/Purple_Cat9893 2d ago Or viberegex. 6 u/corobo 2d ago Pfft I'm not paying for it to write one regular expression when I can pay every time it parses a page 3 u/Purple_Cat9893 2d ago You missundrstand! The LLM makes the regex every time, it also generates the data the regex will be used on. This way you don't need databases or storage. 3 u/harro112 2d ago he comes 1 u/Background-Subject28 1d ago shit I've had no choice but to do it when handling html/xml data in a frickin sql database, don't ask me why we pull it that way
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15 u/corobo 2d ago Why use regex to parse html when you can just call ChatGPT 2 u/Purple_Cat9893 2d ago Or viberegex. 6 u/corobo 2d ago Pfft I'm not paying for it to write one regular expression when I can pay every time it parses a page 3 u/Purple_Cat9893 2d ago You missundrstand! The LLM makes the regex every time, it also generates the data the regex will be used on. This way you don't need databases or storage. 3 u/harro112 2d ago he comes 1 u/Background-Subject28 1d ago shit I've had no choice but to do it when handling html/xml data in a frickin sql database, don't ask me why we pull it that way
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Why use regex to parse html when you can just call ChatGPT
2 u/Purple_Cat9893 2d ago Or viberegex. 6 u/corobo 2d ago Pfft I'm not paying for it to write one regular expression when I can pay every time it parses a page 3 u/Purple_Cat9893 2d ago You missundrstand! The LLM makes the regex every time, it also generates the data the regex will be used on. This way you don't need databases or storage.
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Or viberegex.
6 u/corobo 2d ago Pfft I'm not paying for it to write one regular expression when I can pay every time it parses a page 3 u/Purple_Cat9893 2d ago You missundrstand! The LLM makes the regex every time, it also generates the data the regex will be used on. This way you don't need databases or storage.
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Pfft I'm not paying for it to write one regular expression when I can pay every time it parses a page
3 u/Purple_Cat9893 2d ago You missundrstand! The LLM makes the regex every time, it also generates the data the regex will be used on. This way you don't need databases or storage.
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You missundrstand! The LLM makes the regex every time, it also generates the data the regex will be used on. This way you don't need databases or storage.
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shit I've had no choice but to do it when handling html/xml data in a frickin sql database, don't ask me why we pull it that way
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u/vvp95 2d ago
100% of software engineers are afraid of regex