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mxcrbn

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About mxcrbn

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    Comment #42263756

    product is slick, congrats on building this guys!

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    Comment #36792479

    Very cool product, seems like a good example of an SLC version =) The open-source approach makes a lot of sense especially given the need around integration and customization (& aw…

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    Comment #36357096

    Interesting stuff!

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    Comment #35716879

    Big fan of FA here (self-hosted version user) - will definitely recommend the cloud version around for people setting up new admin panels. Thanks for building this!

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    Comment #35656287

    Good to see initiatives like this one popping up. Congrats on the launch Giskard team!

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    Comment #34898649

    Thanks guys for building depot, it makes things easier and faster for us (aws graviton users)

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    Comment #32401024

    Windmill rocks, and the cloud version makes it easier to automate my stuffs now! Thanks guys

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    Comment #26251203

    Love it, go weweb.io!!

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    Comment #24231093

    Best tool ever for remote / pair programming - debugging gets (almost) fun thanks to you guys :)

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    Comment #21012631

    Indeed, amazon has different layouts and can be tricky. For now, our model is resilient to minor changes but we are working on improving it - amazon.com.au look like a good test ;-…

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    Comment #21012368

    Thanks =)

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    Comment #21012046

    There is plenty of differences among which 1/ we don't rely on classic selectors (CSS, xPath, etc) which allows us to be resilient to website updates 2/ we offer a simple UI that a…

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    Comment #21011655

    Not yet, but we are working on it =)

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    Comment #21011091

    Thanks! Let us know if you have any question or feedback =)

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    Comment #21010820

    Good point! That's why our plan is to focus on use-cases that create value for websites too, in order to partner up with them.

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    Comment #21009845

    Good question. However, that would require websites' users to validate a Captcha every time they navigate it, which is not optimal in terms of user experience.

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    Comment #21009760

    We don't crawl the websites yet. However, you can create an API on a given webpage and gather data from similar webpages on the same website by calling the API with the new URL.

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    Comment #21009668

    UiPath and others RPA actors allow their users to mainly automate local processes on Windows. We are cross-platform and focusing on the web, which makes us useful for other use-cas…

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    Comment #21009470

    That's a good point. Our app is validated by Apple on MacOS and the Windows version will be soon. Also, we have thousands of users and you can google us : no claim for spam at all …

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    Comment #21009354

    No you read it correctly : by creating an account today, you will have 10k FREE API calls =)

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    Comment #21009322

    Yes! we have been quite occupied since the end of YC but we plan on releasing it soon =) Please ping us at hello@dashblock.com and we will inform you when the version is live!

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    Comment #21009065

    Definitely =) Let us know know if we can be of any help!

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    Comment #21009042

    Agreed, some websites are really reticent about scraping. But let's think about Google, they are scraping the whole web regardless of the ToS of the websites, so it all boils down …

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    Comment #21008788

    Thank you !