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How Tweetbot and regex made my Twitter replies usable again

As it turns out, most normal humans are incapable of learning to use Twitter @ replies. And in case you don't follow me on Twitter: yes, my handle (@ryan) gets a lot of erroneous mentions. (The most amusing, random ones I've even taken to retweeting under the #wrongryan hashtag.)

Then Tweetbot -- and its ability to use regex as Twitter filters -- came along. Here's how the Tapbots guys and some regular expressions single-handedly made my Twitter replies usable again.

Notes and caveats

• I'm not a regex expert. Far from it. I suck at regex, actually. If you have suggestions for improvements, please leave them below!
• Some regex may look a little sloppy, but in actuality was written because TweetBot for Mac's regex filter support is very early, and things like repeats (expression{3,}) are buggy. So everything below should work without crashing Tweetbot for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
• Obvious, but not everyone should make use of every filter b

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import UIKit

typealias Constraint = (UIView, UIView) -> NSLayoutConstraint

func equal<L, Axis>(_ to: KeyPath<UIView, L>, constant: CGFloat = 0, priority: UILayoutPriority? = nil) -> Constraint where L: NSLayoutAnchor<Axis> {
    return equal(to, to, constant: constant, priority: priority)
}

func equal<L, Axis>(_ from: KeyPath<UIView, L>, _ to: KeyPath<UIView, L>, constant: CGFloat = 0, priority: UILayoutPriority? = nil) -> Constraint where L: NSLayoutAnchor<Axis> {
    return { view1, view2 in

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SCHEME_NAME := ${PRODUCT_NAME}
WORKSPACE_NAME := ${PRODUCT_NAME}.xcworkspace
UI_TESTS_TARGET_NAME := ${PRODUCT_NAME}UITests

TEST_SDK := iphonesimulator
TEST_CONFIGURATION := Debug
TEST_PLATFORM := iOS Simulator
TEST_DEVICE ?= iPhone 11 Pro Max
TEST_OS ?= 13.3