Nothing will ever beat RegexBuddy when it comes to Regex tools. It is an entire IDE just for regex, and has been my not-so-secret weapon for a decade or more.
I like to form a hypothesis then test. Does that make me stupid for jumping to a conclusion? I'd rather approach something with "I don't know, but I think maybe...", lets test and see.
This reminds me of Republican politics - while you were busy hating Apple (or gays in the case of Republicans) - they were busy with their real work - making deals that don't have your best interest in mind.