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I can write a basic regex independently, but as soon as capture groups or positive/negative lookahead or lookbehind start popping up I'm back to the docs every time.
Absolutely, the syntax is difficult to remember, but knowing about concepts like lookaheads etc. is already far beyond what "regex is line noise" coders will ever achieve.
And there’s always regex101.com to help develop and test your expressions!