Comment by mrandish 6 months ago I'd also include Regex in the list of dark arts incantations. 5 comments mrandish Reply RedShift1 6 months ago I'm ok with regex, but the ffmpeg manpage, it scares me... quectophoton 6 months ago Ffmpeg was designed to be unusable if it falls into enemy hands. falloon 5 months ago I defer understanding FFMPEG arguments to the LLMs. lukeschlather 6 months ago Regex is only difficult because it's complicated, the primitives are all sensibly arranged and predictable. FFmpeg is layers of dark magic where the primitives are often inscrutable before you compose them. zvr 6 months ago I am perfectly at home with regexp, but ffmpeg, magick, and jq are still on the list to master.
RedShift1 6 months ago I'm ok with regex, but the ffmpeg manpage, it scares me... quectophoton 6 months ago Ffmpeg was designed to be unusable if it falls into enemy hands. falloon 5 months ago I defer understanding FFMPEG arguments to the LLMs.
quectophoton 6 months ago Ffmpeg was designed to be unusable if it falls into enemy hands. falloon 5 months ago I defer understanding FFMPEG arguments to the LLMs.
lukeschlather 6 months ago Regex is only difficult because it's complicated, the primitives are all sensibly arranged and predictable. FFmpeg is layers of dark magic where the primitives are often inscrutable before you compose them.
zvr 6 months ago I am perfectly at home with regexp, but ffmpeg, magick, and jq are still on the list to master.
I'm ok with regex, but the ffmpeg manpage, it scares me...
Ffmpeg was designed to be unusable if it falls into enemy hands.
I defer understanding FFMPEG arguments to the LLMs.
Regex is only difficult because it's complicated, the primitives are all sensibly arranged and predictable. FFmpeg is layers of dark magic where the primitives are often inscrutable before you compose them.
I am perfectly at home with regexp, but ffmpeg, magick, and jq are still on the list to master.