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 (DIR) Post #AxdQi5QGJUPy5ehDqi by pdcawley@mendeddrum.org
       2025-08-28T16:59:27Z
       
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       Don't spend $300 on Claude credits until you've spent less than a tenth of that on a second hand copy of Jeffrey Friedl's "Mastering Regular Expressions" and read it from cover to cover. I guarantee it'll repay your money and time far faster than anything the AI lootbox spits out.https://mastodon.social/@tommorris/115043730487682672
       
 (DIR) Post #AxdQiDKstMrydIF2Zs by pdcawley@mendeddrum.org
       2025-08-28T17:04:15Z
       
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       @tommorris I gave away a couple of shelves' worth of programming related books after I realised that not only was I out of the game, but I was never going back into it. Of all of them, Friedl's book is the one that had the most lasting value. Knowing how to write a good regexp never stops being useful. As does knowing their limits. Both of which are explained clearly and memorably in that book. Get it already.