Comment on Asking AI to build scrapers should be easy right?Comments−pennaMan10moYes, it is easy. LLMs have reduced my maintenance work on scraping tasks I manage (lots of specialized high-traffic adfield sites) by 99%What used to be a constant almost daily chore with them breaking all the time at random intervals is now a self-healing system that rarely ever fails.−silver_sun10moInteresting. Could you elaborate? Is there a specific reason that it doesn't do 100% of the work already?−ACCount3710moOne of the uses for AI I'm excited about - maintaining systems, keeping up with the moving targets.−TheTaytay10moCould you elaborate on your setup please?−suchintanOP10moThat's the dream
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Yes, it is easy. LLMs have reduced my maintenance work on scraping tasks I manage (lots of specialized high-traffic adfield sites) by 99%
What used to be a constant almost daily chore with them breaking all the time at random intervals is now a self-healing system that rarely ever fails.
Interesting. Could you elaborate? Is there a specific reason that it doesn't do 100% of the work already?
One of the uses for AI I'm excited about - maintaining systems, keeping up with the moving targets.
Could you elaborate on your setup please?
That's the dream