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HN search silently caps every query at 1,000 hits — nbHits lies about it, and the safe slice width isn't constant
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HN search silently caps every query at 1,000 hits — nbHits lies about it, and the safe slice width isn't constant

#webscraping #api #algolia #javascript
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We checked every other government-data Actor for SEC Form 4's boolean trap — none of them could have it
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We checked every other government-data Actor for SEC Form 4's boolean trap — none of them could have it

#webscraping #sec #api #dataquality
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3 min read
The filter that isn't there: three government APIs return the whole index when a filter name is dropped
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The filter that isn't there: three government APIs return the whole index when a filter name is dropped

#webscraping #api #opendata #government
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SAM.gov's exclusions list looked key-gated. The dataset wasn't — the endpoint was.
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SAM.gov's exclusions list looked key-gated. The dataset wasn't — the endpoint was.

#webscraping #api #opendata #javascript
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We nearly charged our own buyers twice for rows they'd already paid for
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We nearly charged our own buyers twice for rows they'd already paid for

#webscraping #dataengineering #api #javascript
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4 min read
We timed HTTP-only scraping against a headless browser on the same page. It wasn't close.
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We timed HTTP-only scraping against a headless browser on the same page. It wasn't close.

#webscraping #dataengineering #api #javascript
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One Shopify variant reported 999,999 units in stock — and it wasn't a bug
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One Shopify variant reported 999,999 units in stock — and it wasn't a bug

#webscraping #shopify #ecommerce #api
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Eight ways an "only new since last run" watch mode silently stops working
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Eight ways an "only new since last run" watch mode silently stops working

#webscraping #api #opendata #scheduling
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Six ATS job boards publish their jobs as public JSON — and no two agree what a "job" is
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Six ATS job boards publish their jobs as public JSON — and no two agree what a "job" is

#webscraping #api #jobs #javascript
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Apple Podcasts has four public JSON APIs, no key required — and a fifth everyone assumes exists
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Apple Podcasts has four public JSON APIs, no key required — and a fifth everyone assumes exists

#webscraping #api #podcast #json
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We tested "JSON-LD only" article extraction against 8 real news sites. It got 0.
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We tested "JSON-LD only" article extraction against 8 real news sites. It got 0.

#webscraping #api #javascript #dataengineering
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Google News RSS gives you encoded redirect links — here's how to resolve them
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Google News RSS gives you encoded redirect links — here's how to resolve them

#webscraping #api #javascript #dataengineering
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