Model Evaluation and Threat Research is an AI research charity that looks into the threat of AI agents! That sounds a bit AI doomsday cult, and they take funding from the AI doomsday cult organisat…
yes they can. I regularly do. Regexes aren’t hard to write, their logic is quite simple. They’re hard to read, yes, but they are almost always one-offs (ex, substitutions in nvim).
yes, “complex” regexes are quite simple too. Complex regexes are long, not difficult. They appear complex because you have to “inline” everything. They really are not that hard.
cryptic != complex. Are they cryptic? yes. Are they complex? not really, if you can understand “one or more” or “zero or more” and some other really simple concepts like “one of these” or “not one of these” or “this is optional”. You could explain these to a child. It’s only because they look cryptic that people think they are complex. Unless you start using backreferences and advanced concepts like those (which are not usually needed in most cases) they are very simple. long != complex
I wish AI was never invented, but surely this isn’t ture.
I’ve been able to solve coding issues that usually took me hours in minutes.
Wish it wasn’t so, but it’s been my reality
LLMs making you code faster means your slow not LLMs fast
I doubt anyone can write complex regex in ~30 seconds, LLM’s can
You have definitely never worked with a regex guru.
No, but not everyone is a regex guru.
If AI can write code half as good and fast as a regex guru, it’s going to increase the average dev’s productivity a lot
yes they can. I regularly do. Regexes aren’t hard to write, their logic is quite simple. They’re hard to read, yes, but they are almost always one-offs (ex, substitutions in nvim).
He did say complex regex. A complex regex is not simple.
yes, “complex” regexes are quite simple too. Complex regexes are long, not difficult. They appear complex because you have to “inline” everything. They really are not that hard.
This is stupid pedantry. By that logic literally nothing is complex because everything is made up of simple parts.
cryptic != complex. Are they cryptic? yes. Are they complex? not really, if you can understand “one or more” or “zero or more” and some other really simple concepts like “one of these” or “not one of these” or “this is optional”. You could explain these to a child. It’s only because they look cryptic that people think they are complex. Unless you start using backreferences and advanced concepts like those (which are not usually needed in most cases) they are very simple. long != complex
Ok I can see you haven’t actually come across any complex regexes yet…
(Which is probably a good thing tbh - if you’re writing complex regexes you’re doing it wrong.)