Comment on SteamdDB Joins Nexus ModsparentComments−tencentshill9dThe fundamental function of the site can now be vibecoded in a day, so now has no value. The daily visitors are the only unused item of value remaining.−Banditoz9dI await your repo tomorrow, then! I'd be happy to use an alternative with all backfilled playercount data and sales history that hasn't been sold out.−amiga3869dSteamDB is itself a massive collection of data - on pricing, game usage, etc. Scraped over years, in a way that Valve tolerate.It could not be vibecoded in a day unless you want to hallucinate the data, which makes the site useless.In fact, if the techbros actually tried, they'd force Valve into putting up anti-scraping countermeasures on all their APIs within hours.−account428dThe fundamental function is already on GitHub: https://github.com/steamre/steamkitThat only leaves the remaining 99.9% of work. Good luck.−bjord9dthat's optimistic−whatevaa9dGo ahead and do it just to prove a point.−pathartl9dThe value is in the contributed art.
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The fundamental function of the site can now be vibecoded in a day, so now has no value. The daily visitors are the only unused item of value remaining.
I await your repo tomorrow, then! I'd be happy to use an alternative with all backfilled playercount data and sales history that hasn't been sold out.
SteamDB is itself a massive collection of data - on pricing, game usage, etc. Scraped over years, in a way that Valve tolerate.
It could not be vibecoded in a day unless you want to hallucinate the data, which makes the site useless.
In fact, if the techbros actually tried, they'd force Valve into putting up anti-scraping countermeasures on all their APIs within hours.
The fundamental function is already on GitHub: https://github.com/steamre/steamkit
That only leaves the remaining 99.9% of work. Good luck.
that's optimistic
Go ahead and do it just to prove a point.
The value is in the contributed art.