Developer interest
Articles from the Zyte blog in Developer interest.
Are programming practices relevant anymore?
Programmers were raised on long-standing core principles of the craft. What if those tenets are no longer relevant?
Is your AI coding assistant stuck in the past?
AI speeds up development - but it might default to past conventions and versions. How can developers ensure they work with the latest features and requirements?
The Scrapy whisperer: Adrian Chaves on Web Scraping Copilot
An interview with one of the popular framework’s co-maintainers on Zyte’s new, AI-powered Scrapy sidekick.
Code is cheap, show me the talk: How copilots are re-engineering developers
Mastery of computer code used to be an engineer’s differentiator. Thanks to AI assistants, code is now the commodity, sensibility is the real premium.
Hybrid scraping: The architecture for the modern web
Learn how hybrid scraping combines headless browsers and lightweight HTTP clients to bypass JavaScript challenges efficiently. Reduce RAM usage, improve speed, and scale your web scraping pipelines with session reuse and TLS fingerprinting
Scraping Swiss Army Knife: My personal fix for web setup fatigue using Docker, Scrapy and Zyte
Tired of repeating web scraping setup? Learn how a multi-arch Docker container with Scrapy, Zyte, Requests, and Pandas speeds up exploration and debugging.
How I trade gold using e-ink, live data and an old Raspberry Pi
Track real-world gold and silver retail prices automatically using Zyte API, Python, and a Raspberry Pi with an e-ink display. Learn how to scrape rendered HTML, parse prices, and build an always-on trading dashboard.
Scrapy in 2026: New release brings modern async crawling standards
Scrapy 2.14.0 is released with a major under-the-hood modernization. Say goodbye to Twisted Deferreds.
AI and the web: What 2025 changed and what comes next
2025 was the year AI learned to reason. From reasoning-first LLMs to autonomous agents and a reshaped web economy, this retrospective explores what changed—and what’s coming next.
Why AI agents struggle with web scraping (and how to help them)
Explore the key challenges AI agents face in web scraping and how Zyte’s Web Scraping Copilot boosts automation, accuracy, and developer productivity.
.png&w=3840&q=75)
Introducing Web Scraping Copilot - A rocket boost for data extractors
Meet Web Scraping Copilot, a free VS Code extension that uses AI to accelerate Scrapy projects. Generate code, manage spiders, and deploy to Scrapy Cloud faster than ever, keeping developers in control.
Memo to CTOs: Don’t build the product
Zyte’s CTO says great tech leaders don’t work on software; they work on systems that make software.
Get the latest posts straight to your inbox
No matter what data type you're looking for, we've got you
_HFpro5d6k3.png&w=256&q=75)
_E4PyVpfAxa.png&w=256&q=75)
-(1).png&w=1920&q=75)
-(1)_VZGHqxCgXV.png&w=1920&q=75)
