Regex Blaster

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

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 ".*"

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)

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?

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

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

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

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

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

Fun interactive game!

Cool idea! I shall give it a try :)

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...

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