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@timbray@cosocial.ca
2026-01-28 19:23:56

Has anybody reading this worked on Google’s RE2 C regex library? I have an amusement for you if so.

@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems
2026-03-29 02:24:49

Finally a package where I can't suspect the author of vibecoding!
"""
Version: 2026.3.32
Fixed segfault.
Version: 2026.3.31
Fixed bug again.
Version: 2026.3.30
Fixed bug.
"""
github.com/mrabarnett/mrab-reg
(It's also a horribly bad package, with tons of unmaintainable code, heavily relying on CPython internals.)

@kubikpixel@chaos.social
2026-03-24 06:20:22

finding all regex matches has always been O(n²). even in the engines built to prevent it
every regex engine that promises linear time breaks that promise the moment you ask for all matches. the problem has been there since the 70s, hiding in plain sight.
— by ian erik varatalu
🤔 iev.ee/blog/the-…

finding all regex matches has always been O(n²). even in the engines built to prevent it | ian erik varatalu
every regex engine that promises linear time breaks that promise the moment you ask for all matches. the problem has been there since the 70s, hiding in the iteration loop.

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-03-17 21:42:03

from my link log —
All longest regex matches in linear time is possible.
iev.ee/blog/all-longest-regex-
saved 2026-03-17

@unixorn@hachyderm.io
2026-01-16 15:42:23

OH on slack: sometimes you think, "Oh, a regex could solve this." Now you have two ~problems~ administrators on your github repos
#devoops #sre #infosec

@rasterweb@mastodon.social
2026-03-04 12:19:07

I’ve been messing around with Apple Shortcuts lately and was pleased to see that Regular Expressions are supported.

Screenshot of Regex in Shortcuts
@daskaja@mastodon.social
2026-02-05 13:26:22

KI generierter Code macht ja den Menschen nicht nur dümmer. Ich brauchte heute ein Tool um aus Config-Dateien sensible Informationen zu maskieren. U.a. auch Domains. Hatte erwartet, dass da ein paar RegEx's eingebaut werden. Stattdessen kam Codex mit publicsuffix.org/ um die Ecke. Kannte ich nicht. War d…

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-03-04 09:42:04

from my link log —
What 127.5 million forms can tell you about the state of front-end regex input validation on the Web.
amandastjerna.se/blog/127-mill
saved 2026-03-02

@daskaja@mastodon.social
2026-02-05 13:26:22

KI generierter Code macht ja den Menschen nicht nur dümmer. Ich brauchte heute ein Tool um aus Config-Dateien sensible Informationen zu maskieren. U.a. auch Domains. Hatte erwartet, dass da ein paar RegEx's eingebaut werden. Stattdessen kam Codex mit publicsuffix.org/ um die Ecke. Kannte ich nicht. War d…