@fanf@mendeddrum.org2026-03-17 21:42:03
from my link log —
All longest regex matches in linear time is possible.
https://iev.ee/blog/all-longest-regex-matches-in-linear-time/
saved 2026-03-17
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2026-03-17 21:42:03
@unixorn@hachyderm.io2026-01-16 15:42:23
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2026-02-05 14:03:51
Like global search and replace but don’t like surprises?
Check out serpl – a handy little command-line app that gives you a visual preview of the changes you are about to make. You can even go in and remove the replacements you don’t want from the source previews. The regex support appears to be basic, however (I couldn’t get a negative lookbehind to work).
![Screenshot of me serpl with Search, Replace, Result List and Preview panes in a command-line interface. Search has /setup and [Match Case] mode selected, Replace has /settings with [Simple] mode selected. The Results List shows about 20 items and the selected file is shown in the preview pane with three replacements in diff-style red/green highlighting on lines 27, 28, and 35.](https://s3-eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/mastodon-aral/media_attachments/files/116/018/395/920/498/956/original/410fe9292b452830.jpeg)
@rasterweb@mastodon.social2026-03-04 12:19:07
I’ve been messing around with Apple Shortcuts lately and was pleased to see that Regular Expressions are supported.
@timbray@cosocial.ca2026-01-28 19:23:56
Has anybody reading this worked on Google’s RE2 C regex library? I have an amusement for you if so.
@daskaja@mastodon.social2026-02-05 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 https://publicsuffix.org/ um die Ecke. Kannte ich nicht. War d…
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2026-03-04 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.
https://amandastjerna.se/blog/127-million-forms/
saved 2026-03-02
@daskaja@mastodon.social2026-02-05 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 https://publicsuffix.org/ um die Ecke. Kannte ich nicht. War d…