Senior editor
Robert Andrews
Robert is a journalist and editor turned content strategist who eats and sleeps the web. Previously senior editor at Google, News Corp, ContentNext and others.
The latest from Robert Andrews
Zyte’s 2025 review: Year of locks and unlocks
2025 reshaped web scraping. From AI-assisted extraction and escalating bot defenses to clearer legal frameworks and cheaper APIs, Zyte reviews the forces redefining access to web data—and what comes next.
Zyte leads the pack in Proxyway’s 2025 Web Scraping API Report
Proxyway’s 2025 Web Scraping API Report ranks Zyte #1 for unblocking success, speed, cost efficiency, and AI-powered data extraction. See the full breakdown.
Beyond the block: The front line of data access
A deep dive into the evolving battle for web data access—featuring insights from Castle, Scrapoxy, and Zyte at Extract Summit 2025. Learn how AI, anti-bots, economics, and authentication standards like Web Bot Auth are transforming scraping, security, and the future of the open internet.
How to build a daily industry news digest
Learn how data analyst Anshika Khandelwal automated a daily AI funding news digest using n8n and Zyte API. Discover how to pull articles, classify funding stories, and deliver a curated newsletter that saves 10+ hours per week.
Five key takeaways from Extract Summit 2025
From AI-accelerated scraping to “dead internet” risks and rising access wars, these five takeaways from Extract Summit 2025 show where web data is heading next.
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Death of the Proxy? There’s An API for That
The proxy era is ending as web scraping shifts from managing IP pools to smarter, API-driven solutions.
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Why the Best Engineers Are Actually Lazy
There’s a popular archetype in web scraping circles: the heroic engineer who fights CAPTCHAs at 3 a.m., hand-tunes a proxy farm before breakfast, then rewrites four spiders after lunch because the target sites pushed new JavaScript.
