▲ 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
[–] 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
