This. Also, I try to: - use only those regex features that are cross-platform (cross-engine?) - avoid `\w` and similar (what is word?) and instead use explici

This. Also, I try to: - use only those regex features that are cross-platform (cross-engine?) - avoid `\w` and similar (what is word?) and instead use explicit rules (`[a-zA-Z]+`) - use [] instead of backslashes when escaping (`[(]` instead of `\(`) - especially useful with double/triple escaping - never use long regexes (there is always a better way) I never understood why people are afraid of regular expressions. That said, there are some performance/security implications wrt. backtracking that one should be aware of [0]. [0] https://javascript.info/regexp-catastrophic-backtracking https://javascript.info/regexp-catastrophic-backtracking