I think most people just like to hate on regex syntax because when just glanced over it looks like spilled tea leaves. However I'd argue that it's not actually

I think most people just like to hate on regex syntax because when just glanced over it looks like spilled tea leaves. However I'd argue that it's not actually very hard to learn and its brevity makes it easier to retain. (personally I did so using https://www.regular-expressions.info/tutorial.html https://www.regular-expressions.info/tutorial.html) I agree that escaping is a problem, mainly because languages have often different rules for this.