Text to regular expression! Have wanted this *so* many times since I started programming.
I once had a problem and used regex. Then I had two problems Never again. With the help of our GPT-3 overlords, I made something to turn English into regex. It's worked decently for most descriptions I've thrown at it. Sign up at losslesshq.com to play with a prototype

Jul 25, 2020 · 12:38 AM UTC

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Replying to @gdb
Aha, this was your secret plan all along
Replying to @gdb
intrusive thought: gregular expression
Replying to @gdb
Can gpt3 write regex for html?
Replying to @gdb
What you really want is the opposite: regex to text. Regex is famously write-only, having free docs for all the inscrutable regex of the world would be pretty valuable
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