Google Search: Day 1 vs Year 10 - The Regex Time Loop

The eternal Google search for "regex for email validation" is the tech equivalent of forgetting how to spell "necessary" - no matter how many times you learn it, your brain refuses to store that information.

After a decade of coding, you'd think your brain would finally commit regex patterns to memory. Nope. That neural pathway is permanently replaced with useless trivia and coffee brewing techniques.

The regex heroes on Stack Overflow who can write these patterns from memory deserve hazard pay. The rest of us will forever be copying and pasting cryptic incantations like ^[\w-\.]+@([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,4}$ while silently praying it actually works.