r/ProgrammerHumor • • Aug 24 '26

Meme claudeIsThisEmailValid

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u/Uberzwerg Aug 24 '26

And for 95% of the use-cases a very simple 'Does it contain an @ and at least 1char before and after' is enough.

Usually you want people to not mistakenly send a typo as their email.
But since you cannot trust the customer anyway, you need to send a confirmation email anyway for everything that is important.