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Re:Never use a dependency that you could replace with an aft... by JadeNB on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @03:58PM (#24125252)
> a well known guy on SO wrote an answer that looks like a huge warning sign

For those who are in today's 10000, you might mean this piece of art: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open...

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Re:Never use a dependency that you could replace with an aft... by lordnacho on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @04:02PM (#24125299)
That's exactly it! Luckily I hadn't started coding when I found it.
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Re:Never use a dependency that you could replace with an aft... by yoz-y on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @04:25PM (#24125549)
The old classic. I still end up using regexes when I need to clean up HTML because even though it's not the right way, it's the way that is sufficient 95% of the time.
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Re:Never use a dependency that you could replace with an aft... by jjkaczor on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @04:08PM (#24125368)
Or...

https://blog.codinghorror.com/regular-expressions-now-you-ha...

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