VSVhub Systemsinvhubhashnodedev.hashnode.dev·Apr 29 · 8 min readHow I Built 30 Web Scraping Tools on Apify — And What I Learned About Data as a ProductA year ago, I had zero scrapers on Apify. Today, I have 30 published actors, with 9 of them ranking in the top 3 of their niche. Here is what that journey looked like — and why I think building data tools is one of the most underrated side businesses...00
VSVhub Systemsinvhubhashnodedev.hashnode.dev·Apr 3 · 2 min readWhy I Rewrote My Web Scraper in Rust (10x Faster, 20x Less Memory)Six months ago my Python scraper was consuming 800MB RAM processing 50k pages/day. I rewrote the core in Rust. Here is what changed. The Problem With Python at Scale Memory: Python objects have 5-10x overhead vs raw data size GIL: CPU-bound parsing ...00
VSVhub Systemsinvhubhashnodedev.hashnode.dev·Apr 3 · 2 min readHow to Build a GDPR-Compliant Web Scraper With Playwright in 2026Web scraping and GDPR compliance seem like opposites. But they are not mutually exclusive. The Core GDPR Constraints for Scrapers Data minimization: only scrape fields you actually use Purpose limitation: know WHY you are scraping before you build L...00
VSVhub Systemsinvhubhashnodedev.hashnode.dev·Apr 3 · 6 min readHow to Scrape Websites That Require Login Without Using SeleniumHow to Scrape Websites That Require Login Without Using Selenium Most tutorials show you how to handle logins with Selenium — but Selenium is slow, resource-heavy, and easily detected. For 80% of login-required sites, you can authenticate much more e...00
VSVhub Systemsinvhubhashnodedev.hashnode.dev·Apr 3 · 5 min readAsync Web Scraping in Python: asyncio + aiohttp + httpx (Complete 2026 Guide)Sequential scraping is slow. A scraper that fetches 10 URLs one at a time takes 10× longer than one that fetches them concurrently. Python's asyncio makes concurrent HTTP requests straightforward — here's how to use it correctly. Why asyncio for scra...00
