--- title: "Erika S. Adkins (@Thinscion) | Hashnode" description: "Learn, Write, and Grow as a Developer. Read the latest articles by Erika S. Adkins on Hashnode." url: "https://hashnode.com/@Thinscion" --- @Thinscion # Erika S. Adkins @Thinscion · USA · Joined February 2026 Learn, Write, and Grow as a Developer ### [From Generated Code to Production Pipeline: Hardening a Beautylish Scraper](https://devnoteshub.hashnode.dev/from-generated-code-to-production-pipeline-hardening-a-beautylish-scraper?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Generating a web scraper using AI or boilerplate repositories is a great way to prototype. In minutes, you can have a Python script using Playwright that navigates Beautylish.com and extracts product 6 min read · [devnoteshub.hashnode.dev](https://devnoteshub.hashnode.dev/from-generated-code-to-production-pipeline-hardening-a-beautylish-scraper?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Apr 8](https://hashnode.com/posts/from-generated-code-to-production-pipeline-hardening-a-beautylish-scraper/69d6256f4debf2d39cb98b3e) ### [Prompt-to-Schema: Ensuring Type-Safe JSON Extraction from Unstructured HTML](https://devnoteshub.hashnode.dev/prompt-to-schema-ensuring-type-safe-json-extraction-from-unstructured-html?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Extracting data from the web has traditionally been a game of "cat and mouse." We write complex CSS selectors or XPath expressions, only for the website to change its layout a week later and break the 6 min read · [devnoteshub.hashnode.dev](https://devnoteshub.hashnode.dev/prompt-to-schema-ensuring-type-safe-json-extraction-from-unstructured-html?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Mar 21](https://hashnode.com/posts/prompt-to-schema-ensuring-type-safe-json-extraction-from-unstructured-html/69be42b7475ca17974808845) ### [Handling E-Commerce A/B Testing: Resilient Selector Strategies for Zappos with Playwright](https://devnoteshub.hashnode.dev/handling-e-commerce-a-b-testing-resilient-selector-strategies-for-zappos-with-playwright?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Web scraping for e-commerce is a constant game of cat and mouse. You build a scraper for a site like Zappos, only to have it break two days later because a developer renamed a CSS class or launched an 5 min read · [devnoteshub.hashnode.dev](https://devnoteshub.hashnode.dev/handling-e-commerce-a-b-testing-resilient-selector-strategies-for-zappos-with-playwright?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Mar 6](https://hashnode.com/posts/handling-e-commerce-a-b-testing-resilient-selector-strategies-for-zappos-with-playwright/69ab0111f3ce4046fbac9af8) ### [Hardening Your Costco Scraper: Detecting Soft Bans and Enforcing Data Quality with Pydantic](https://devnoteshub.hashnode.dev/hardening-your-costco-scraper-detecting-soft-bans-and-enforcing-data-quality-with-pydantic?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) When scraping high-value e-commerce targets like Costco, an HTTP 200 OK status code is often a lie. While many developers rely on status codes to trigger retries, Costco frequently employs soft bans. 6 min read · [devnoteshub.hashnode.dev](https://devnoteshub.hashnode.dev/hardening-your-costco-scraper-detecting-soft-bans-and-enforcing-data-quality-with-pydantic?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [1](https://hashnode.com/posts/hardening-your-costco-scraper-detecting-soft-bans-and-enforcing-data-quality-with-pydantic/69a1c6d3b6929c87f756b17a) [Feb 27](https://hashnode.com/posts/hardening-your-costco-scraper-detecting-soft-bans-and-enforcing-data-quality-with-pydantic/69a1c6d3b6929c87f756b17a) ### [Enforcing Data Quality in Web Scrapers: Pydantic and the Dead Letter Queue](https://devnoteshub.hashnode.dev/enforcing-data-quality-in-web-scrapers-pydantic-and-the-dead-letter-queue?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Building a web scraper is often the easy part. The real challenge starts on day two, when the website changes its layout, a field that was always a number suddenly contains "Price on Request," or an u 12 min read · [devnoteshub.hashnode.dev](https://devnoteshub.hashnode.dev/enforcing-data-quality-in-web-scrapers-pydantic-and-the-dead-letter-queue?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Feb 26](https://hashnode.com/posts/enforcing-data-quality-in-web-scrapers-pydantic-and-the-dead-letter-queue/699fb076f86ea49161c03886)