NateNate60@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · edit-26 months agoOh boy what a beautiful regex. I'm sure it does something logical and easy to understand.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkOh boy what a beautiful regex. I'm sure it does something logical and easy to understand.lemmy.worldNateNate60@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · edit-26 months agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
^.?$|^(..+?)\1+$ <answer> Matches strings of any character repeated a non-prime number of times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vbk0TwkokM
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoAll my homies hate regexs. That’s actually the best use case I found for LLMs so far : I just tell it what I want it to match or not match, and it usually spits out a decent one
minus-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoOooof. I feel like trying to figure out what’s wrong with some regex I didn’t write is much harder than writing it myself personally.
minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoThat sounds… Easier to get almost right than actually learning the subject. Much, much harder to get completely right than actually learning the subject. So yes, basically the archetypal use case for LLMs.
All my homies hate regexs. That’s actually the best use case I found for LLMs so far : I just tell it what I want it to match or not match, and it usually spits out a decent one
Oooof. I feel like trying to figure out what’s wrong with some regex I didn’t write is much harder than writing it myself personally.
That sounds…
Easier to get almost right than actually learning the subject.
Much, much harder to get completely right than actually learning the subject.
So yes, basically the archetypal use case for LLMs.