▲ 1018 ▼ Chad scraper (sh.itjust.works) submitted 2 years ago by dramaticcat@sh.itjust.works to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 93 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] indepndnt@lemmy.world 105 points 2 years ago (3 children) I'm down with scraping, but "parses HTML with regex" has got me fucked up. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] 257m@sh.itjust.works 60 points 2 years ago (2 children) Relevant SO post. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags#1732454 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago 13 years ago my god. I wonder what Jon Skeet is doing these days. I remember when he passed me in the reputation ranking back in the early days and thinking that I needed to be a little bit more active on the site to catch him lol. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago That was a great read. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent [–] demodawg@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago This is the way permalink fedilink source parent [–] tetelestia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) What's wrong with parsing HTML with regex? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GuybrushThreepwo0d@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago Go and look it up on stack overflow permalink fedilink source parent [–] indepndnt@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago In short, it's the wrong tool for the job. In practice, if your target is very limited and consistent, it's probably fine. But as a general statement about someone's behavior, it really sounds like someone is wasting a lot of time and regularly getting sub-par results. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 257m@sh.itjust.works 60 points 2 years ago (2 children) Relevant SO post. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags#1732454 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago 13 years ago my god. I wonder what Jon Skeet is doing these days. I remember when he passed me in the reputation ranking back in the early days and thinking that I needed to be a little bit more active on the site to catch him lol. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago That was a great read. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago 13 years ago my god. I wonder what Jon Skeet is doing these days. I remember when he passed me in the reputation ranking back in the early days and thinking that I needed to be a little bit more active on the site to catch him lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago That was a great read. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tetelestia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) What's wrong with parsing HTML with regex? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GuybrushThreepwo0d@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago Go and look it up on stack overflow permalink fedilink source parent [–] indepndnt@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago In short, it's the wrong tool for the job. In practice, if your target is very limited and consistent, it's probably fine. But as a general statement about someone's behavior, it really sounds like someone is wasting a lot of time and regularly getting sub-par results. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GuybrushThreepwo0d@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago Go and look it up on stack overflow permalink fedilink source parent
[–] indepndnt@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago In short, it's the wrong tool for the job. In practice, if your target is very limited and consistent, it's probably fine. But as a general statement about someone's behavior, it really sounds like someone is wasting a lot of time and regularly getting sub-par results. permalink fedilink source parent
