Building Real-Time Price Monitoring Infrastructure
Design and build a real-time price monitoring system with priority queues, worker pools, change detection, and residential proxy rotation. Complete Python and Node.js implementation guide.
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Headless Browsers + Proxies: Complete Setup Guide for Puppeteer and Playwright
Step-by-step guide to configuring Puppeteer and Playwright with proxy rotation, stealth plugins, device emulation, and concurrent scraping patterns using residential proxies.
Local SERP Tracking with Geo-Targeted Proxies
Learn how to track local search rankings accurately using geo-targeted residential proxies. Covers city-level targeting, UULE parameters, local pack monitoring, and multi-location tracking.
Dedicated vs Shared Proxies: Which Should You Choose?
Compare dedicated and shared proxies — understand the trade-offs in performance, cost, IP reputation, and security. Learn when to use each for scraping, accounts, and more.
How to Scale Scraping Infrastructure
Architecture patterns for scaling web scraping: queue-based systems, pipeline design, horizontal scaling with containers, and proxy management at scale. Code in Python, Node.js, and Go.
Scaling Proxy Requests with Concurrency Control
Master concurrency patterns for proxy-based scraping: asyncio semaphores, Promise pools, Go worker pools, rate limiters, and backpressure. Production code in Python, Node.js, and Go.
Residential Proxies vs VPNs: Technical Comparison and When to Use Each
A detailed technical comparison of residential proxies and VPNs covering architecture, IP reputation, detection rates, performance, cost, and use cases for data collection versus personal privacy.
How to Avoid Amazon IP Bans When Scraping
Understand Amazon's IP ban system and learn proven strategies to avoid detection. Covers residential proxy configuration, request randomization, geo-targeting, and recovery procedures.
What Is a Rotating Proxy? Complete Guide to Auto-Rotating IPs
Understand what rotating proxies are, how they automatically cycle through IP pools, different rotation strategies, proxy types, and how to implement them for scraping.
How to Avoid Google Blocks While Scraping SERPs
Learn how Google detects SERP scrapers and how to avoid blocks using residential proxies, realistic headers, randomized timing, and retry strategies with code examples.
Scraping Rate Limits Explained
How rate limits work, how sites detect scrapers, and practical strategies to stay under limits. Includes adaptive throttling code and distributed rate limiting patterns.
Building a Proxy Middleware Layer for Scraping
Design and build a production-grade proxy middleware layer with retry logic, failover, and metrics. Complete implementations in Python and Node.js using ProxyHat.