[cdchn]

>It is now very easy to sprinkle in regexes to validate user input , like email addresses, on every controller instead of using a central lib/utility for that.

Some people are touting this as a major feature. "I don't have to pull in some dependency for a minor function - I can just have AI write that simple function for me." I, personally, don't see this as a net positive.

[spockz]

Yes, I have heard similar arguments before. It could be an argument for including the functionality in the standard lib for the language. There can be a long debate about dependencies, and then there is still the benefit of being able to vendor and prune them.

The way it is now just leads to bloat and cruft.