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Regex Blaster

153 points by mdp

by ks2048

8 subcomments

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

by HanClinto

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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 ".*"

by 1-more

1 subcomments

I don't understand the first "combat" level. There's no real defining pattern separating the good from bad hex strings, so it's just a typing speed contest to type all the enemy patterns, right? What am I missing?

by joshribakoff

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I cant even read this because most of the text is outside my phones viewport. Please test your stuff before posting it here.

by freedomben

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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)

by ebergen

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I played through the training level and it took me a minute to realize it's sub string/grep match. So in the first training level the pattern . matches everything when it feels like it should be .* to match all the characters of the enemies.
The UI looks great!

by trenchgun

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Claude default frontend skills suck :D

by baud9600

1 subcomments

Does not render correctly on iOS (mobile Safari)? It’s a fixed Desktop view and you can’t pinch to zoom as needed. It takes effort to prevent mobile users like this! Do others get this experience?

by love2read

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Really fun. I just wish that stats were saved in localhost (like combat mode progress) and that esc instantly ended the round if you know you will lose.

by freedomben

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

by m0d0nne11

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Cute. I had a crack at it but for me the fatal flaw is having to specifically delete the last regex before entering the next one, especially as the action gets tight. Each regex should go away once it's submitted, duh...

by lasgawe

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Haha, this is nice. I'm bad at regex most of the time. Playing this felt like when I first switched from Visual Studio to Vim. it’s a bit of a learning curve. It’s an interactive game btw

by pimlottc

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The colors are difficult for colorblind people. Orange/green is difficult already, and then green turns into red depending on the state? Ugh. Looks fun but unplayable for me.

by JanisErdmanis

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This is really funny ;D Gives Tetris vibes and is executed beautifully.

by NooneAtAll3

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I wish it wasn't time-limited...

by mrkramer

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

by sublinear

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The page width is not responsive and unusable on mobile

by brew-hacker

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Fun interactive game!

by UltraSane

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cool idea but it needs to get slower as the levels get harder

by SilentM68

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Cool idea! I shall give it a try :)

by mdp

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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...

by neonsunset

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