Tag: web-scraping

All the articles with the tag "web-scraping".

• Fascine Siege Works (a.k.a., Moat Eradication In 90 Seconds

  hrbrmstr · 22 May, 2026

  How I built an RSS feed for Spicy Takes in 90 seconds using Val Town and Townie, turning a JavaScript-rendered site into proper syndicated content. A working example of modern moat eradication.

• Your [Sad And Shallow] Moat Is Gone

  hrbrmstr · 2 May, 2026

  How I replaced Inoreader's paid programmatic RSS feature in three minutes using Val Town and Townie, plus a self-hosted Go fallback — and why SaaS paywalls on commodity features are indefensible moats.