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Dev.to · Alex Spinov
2w ago
API Authentication in 2026: JWT vs OAuth2 vs API Keys (With Python Examples)
Every API you build needs authentication. But which method should you use? I've implemented all...
Dev.to · Alex Spinov
2w ago
The Perfect Docker Setup for Web Scraping (I Spent Months Getting This Right)
I've dockerized 20+ scraping projects. Every time, I hit the same problems: Playwright browsers...
Dev.to · Alex Spinov
2w ago
I Built 77 Web Scrapers on Apify — Here's What Nobody Tells You About Cloud Scraping
Over the past 3 months, I built and published 77 scrapers on Apify's platform. Reddit, YouTube,...
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2w ago
5 Git Commands That Saved Me From Losing Work (Nobody Talks About These)
I've lost work to bad Git commands exactly 3 times in my career. Each time, I discovered a Git...
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2w ago
How I Run Web Scrapers for Free Using GitHub Actions (Complete Setup)
I needed to scrape pricing data from 5 websites every day. A VPS would cost $5-20/month. GitHub...
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2w ago
5 Hidden APIs E-Commerce Sites Don't Want You to Know About
Every e-commerce site has a public-facing website. Behind it, there's an API that powers everything —...
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2w ago
7 Python Libraries That Make Web Scraping Stupidly Easy (2026)
I've been scraping the web professionally for 3 years. I started with requests + BeautifulSoup like...
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2w ago
5 Free Web Scraping Tools That Replace Bright Data (With Real Code)
I spent 3 months scraping data for market research projects. My client wanted pricing data from 50...
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2w ago
The State of Web Scraping in 2026 — What Changed and What Works
Web scraping in 2026 looks nothing like web scraping in 2023. Here's what changed. The Big...
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2w ago
Scrapy vs Playwright vs Crawlee — Which Web Scraping Tool Should You Use in 2026?
Choosing a web scraping tool in 2026 is confusing. There are dozens of options, each claiming to be...
Dev.to · Alex Spinov
3w ago
Polars Just Made Pandas Look Slow — Benchmarks Inside
I ran benchmarks on a 10M row CSV file. Polars finished in 0.3 seconds. Pandas took 12...
Dev.to · Alex Spinov
3w ago
I Built a Production Web Scraper Template That Handles Everything (Open Source)
Every time I start a new scraping project, I rebuild the same things: retry logic, rate limiting,...
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3w ago
The Modern Data Engineering Stack in 2026: Every Tool You Actually Need
I just finished curating 150+ data engineering tools and here's the uncomfortable truth: You don't...
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3w ago
I Built a Job Alert Bot That Texts Me New Remote Jobs Every Hour (Python + Telegram)
I was tired of refreshing job boards. So I built a Python script that checks for new remote developer...
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3w ago
I Automated My Entire Morning Routine with 5 Python Scripts (Here's the Code)
Every morning I used to spend 45 minutes doing the same things: checking weather, scanning news...
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3w ago
CoinGecko API: Build a Free Crypto Portfolio Tracker in Python (No API Key Required)
I watched a friend pay $30/month for CoinMarketCap Pro to track his crypto portfolio. I built the...
Dev.to · Alex Spinov
3w ago
Web Scraping in 2025: The Only Guide You Need (Python)
I've scraped hundreds of websites. Most tutorials overcomplicate it. Here's everything you actually...
Dev.to · Alex Spinov
3w ago
9 Government APIs You Didn't Know Existed (All Free, Most Need No API Key)
Your tax dollars paid for these APIs. You might as well use them. I spent a week exploring...
Dev.to · Alex Spinov
3w ago
11 Free AI APIs You Can Use Without Paying OpenAI
OpenAI costs money. Claude costs money. But there are genuinely free AI APIs that are surprisingly...
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3w ago
US Treasury API: Track the National Debt in Real-Time with Python (No API Key)
The US national debt just crossed $36 trillion. I wanted to see exactly when it happened, so I built...
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3w ago
FRED API: Access 800,000+ Economic Datasets for Free (Inflation, GDP, Unemployment)
I was arguing with a coworker about whether inflation was actually going down. Instead of googling...
Dev.to · Alex Spinov
3w ago
SEC EDGAR API: How I Built a Free Stock Research Tool (No API Key Needed)
Last month, a friend asked me to help him analyze Tesla's financial filings. He was paying $50/month...
Dev.to · Alex Spinov
3w ago
Spotify API: Build a Music Discovery Tool in 50 Lines of Python
Spotify's API is one of the most generous free APIs available. You get access to 100 million tracks,...
Dev.to · Alex Spinov
3w ago
SQL Queries You'll Use Every Day (But Nobody Teaches in Tutorials)
SQL tutorials teach you SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE. Then they stop. But production SQL is 80%...
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