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Feedback for iHateRegex.io ?

I've been working on a regex cheatsheet that will teach you regular expressions by explaining the basic expressions used often.

https://iHateRegex.io/

It's been a while since I've been working on it. I had stopped working on it at a point where I was embarrassed to share this was my project cause somehow I felt it's entirely useless.

I've now mustered up some courage to launch this before the domain renewal date.
I really don't know what I'm building at this point. Any feedback appreciated :D

on January 29, 2020
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    Hi Geon! I understand you. I have the same feeling about my projects.

    In terms of UI, I'd suggest you make it a bit more contrast and expand the "Show matches" section by default.

    In terms of SEO optimizations maybe re-phrase the content more explanatory. For instance, for https://ihateregex.io/expr/phone# you can say - How to match the phone country with regex? That's how people usually phrase the searching request.

    Also, you can try to make a widget in form of png image, let's say, and put it as an illustration for the answers to the topics about regex at StackOverflow with link to your site.

    But in the end, it's up to you if you enjoying and learning from what you are doing why not continue. If not, then maybe it's worth to concentrate on something that you think is more valuable and useful for you at least.

    P.S. Domain name looks nice - if you decide to not develop the website anymore, you can try to sell the domain name in auction.

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      Thank you for the suggestions. I'll improve the UI according to your suggestions.

      At this point, I really don't care a lot about SEO. I wanna launch this and get opinions to proceed.

      Also any suggestions on where to sell these domain names? (I've got a few others)