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Regex Can't Parse Nested Structures — When to Switch to Parser Combinators and Why

Regular expressions cannot formally match arbitrarily nested structures like balanced parentheses or nested JSON — this is a mathematical limitation, not an engine deficiency. Here's the five specific signals that indicate you've outgrown regex, how parser combinators recursively compose small parsing functions, and why "regex JSON extractors" only work for simple flat cases.