Regex Blaster

https://mdp.github.io/regex-blaster/

46•mdp•2d ago

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mdp•2d ago

TL;DR: I think you should still learn regex, even though AI has made it a "useless" skill

https://mdp.github.io/2026/03/17/the-kids-are-alright-and-th...

croes•1h ago

A little bit early to tell.

Let’s wait how affordable, available and good AI is when the companies turn to profit maximization and enshittification begins

m3galinux•1h ago

Not so useless. In my experience LLMs are about 50/50 on making a regex that actually works and covers the cases you asked it for. Even less when you get into cases needing advanced features like backreferences and lookahead.

HanClinto•1h ago

Nice game!

We made a similar game several years ago for the Pyweek game competition, but there wasn't the fun "letter invaders" style that this one has.

https://pyweek.org/e/RegExExpress/

I really like your implementation!

Might be good to limit some of the special operators to give more focus -- otherwise the early levels are a bit too solvable with ".*"

ks2048•1h ago

Every vibe coded site is too dark and the text is too small.

progbits•1h ago

They all have this rounded box design as well. I wonder where that came from, I don't think it was a predominant style before.

mdp•49m ago

This is fair, although I ask for it to be dark themed to match what I think was the style of typing game I remember growing up with (it's been a while). Bumped up the font though.

darkstar999•7m ago

What evidence do you have that this is vibe coded?

brew-hacker•1h ago

Fun interactive game!

SilentM68•1h ago

Cool idea! I shall give it a try :)

freedomben•57m ago

Wow really cool! Genuinely fun, and educational at the same time.

One usability request: after firing a regex, could the text box be cleared? It's not hard to hit Ctrl+A and start typing again, but it does add a bit of friction. (I can send a PR)

freedomben•54m ago

Source code!: https://github.com/mdp/regex-blaster

mrkramer•9m ago

This looks like something I would vibe code with Google's Gemini. Interesting concept.

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