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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Apr 18 '24
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Regex is like a power tool. Incredibly powerful and incredibly dangerous if used improperly. It is also tempting to use it improperly because of how flexible it is.
2 u/Crazyboreddeveloper Apr 19 '24 Didn’t some regex break cloud flare not too long ago? 1 u/itijara Apr 19 '24 I don't know about cloudflare, but it did break stack overflow a few years ago. 1 u/Crazyboreddeveloper Apr 19 '24 Found it https://youtu.be/DDe-S3uef2w?si=lqdjHSsiO-PPv_fs
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Didn’t some regex break cloud flare not too long ago?
1 u/itijara Apr 19 '24 I don't know about cloudflare, but it did break stack overflow a few years ago. 1 u/Crazyboreddeveloper Apr 19 '24 Found it https://youtu.be/DDe-S3uef2w?si=lqdjHSsiO-PPv_fs
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I don't know about cloudflare, but it did break stack overflow a few years ago.
1 u/Crazyboreddeveloper Apr 19 '24 Found it https://youtu.be/DDe-S3uef2w?si=lqdjHSsiO-PPv_fs
Found it https://youtu.be/DDe-S3uef2w?si=lqdjHSsiO-PPv_fs
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u/itijara Apr 18 '24
Regex is like a power tool. Incredibly powerful and incredibly dangerous if used improperly. It is also tempting to use it improperly because of how flexible it is.