Glob vs. regex
Explore the differences between glob and regex for file and text pattern matching. Learn when to use each method and see practical examples.
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Programmer passive income: how to get new customers for your web scrapers
Are you a developer looking to make more than just a paycheck? Read about how Apify can help you turn your coding skills into a reliable source of passive income.
11 best automated browser testing tools for developers
Playwright, Cypress, or perhaps Selenium? Discover the best tools to automate browser testing across browsers, platforms, and operating systems.
What are the highest paying programming languages in 2022?
Which programming language you decide to learn can directly influence the size of your paycheck. Let's take a look at the top 10 paying languages in 2022.
Building an audio processing application - Python Simplified code jam winners
Code jams are the perfect opportunity to improve your programming skills, connect with talented developers, and get your hands dirty with coding.
How the Apify platform helps developers all over the world to thrive
Learn how you can make the best of Apify's resources, use Crawlee to create automation tools and monetize them on the Apify Store - just like Enrique did.
Announcing Crawlee: the web scraping and browser automation library
Crawlee is an open-source web scraping and automation library that helps you build reliable scrapers. Fast.
Want to see me do my best work? Tell me something can’t be done!
When the going gets tough, our Head of Delivery gets going. This is the story of Vaclav's six-year career at Apify. Find out about the Delivery Team and what to expect if you join them.
How to make money from coding
Getting income by coding can go much further than just being a developer. Learn about all the different ways you can monetize your programming skills.
Handling IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses in Node.js
Why IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses are used and how you can handle them properly in Node.js.
Tuning MongoDB performance for production systems
Techniques and MongoDB Cloud features we used to debug performance issues and expose sub-optimal queries.
What is an API?
Heard the term API, but don't know exactly what it means? We explain the basics and list 7 characteristics of a good API.
The downside of CAPTCHAs: why they're bad UX and how they get bypassed
How much do you know about captchas? Why do we need them, are there alternatives, and do they even still work on the modern web? Read our exploration of the CAPTCHA, how it fails on multiple fronts, and how it might even result in some exploitative practices across the world.
Building a Top-Tier Product: 15 Tips For Streamlining Tech Workflows
Take a look at the main roadblocks that product development teams are facing and go over actionable tips that’ll help business owners and software developers quickly develop high-quality products.
Best incentives for devs to keep working remotely
The remote work culture in the IT industry keeps growing, even though the problems created by the pandemic are slowly disappearing. Thanks to its benefits for both employees and employers, remote work might become the future of work for the IT industry even after the pandemic.
Life's no longer a beach for one dev and his dog
Many roads can lead to a career at Apify. Think you don’t have the right background or experience? Think again.
Make passive income developing web automation Actors
Building open source does not pay much. Running SaaS is still complicated. We have a better way to let you make money from your hobby.
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