Regex is a powerful – yet overlooked – tool in search and data analysis. With just a single line, you can automate what would otherwise take dozens of lines of code. Short for “regular expression,” ...

Abstract: A regular expression (regex) is said to be vulnerable to the regex denial of service (ReDoS) attack if the worst-case running time of a matching algorithm on the regex is super-linear in the ...

Python’s new template strings, or t-strings, give you a much more powerful way to format data than the old-fashioned f-strings. The familiar formatted string, or f-string, feature in Python provides a ...

Python is a high-level, flexible programming language that is well-known for its extensive ecosystem, ease of use, and readability. Python’s vast libraries and frameworks offer advanced capabilities ...

I was involved in a recent discussion on the "best" way to remove a given parameter from a URL string. The conversation began with using string primitives to split and join the parameter, a method ...

A few months ago, I had a discussion with some friends online. The premise of the discussion was that even if you account for complexity, shorter code is more likely to be bug-free code. As a C ...