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    What Is Port 8080? Proxy Port Numbers and What They Mean

    Port 8080 is IANA's alternate HTTP port, used by proxies and dev servers alike. Learn what 3128, 1080 and 443 mean and how to fix the port already in use error.

    Written by: Enver Kaya

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    Python Encoding Errors: How to Fix UnicodeDecodeError

    Python encoding errors come from bytes decoded with the wrong codec. Learn to fix UnicodeDecodeError in files, the Windows console and scraped web pages.

    Written by: Acar Diveroli

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    Squid Proxy on Ubuntu 24.04: Install, Auth and squid.conf

    Squid is an open-source forward proxy that relays requests from its own IP. Install it on Ubuntu 24.04, lock it with ACLs and basic auth, then tune caching.

    Written by: Acar Diveroli

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    This Site Can't Be Reached: What It Means and Why It Happens

    This Site Can't Be Reached means Chrome could not connect to the site. We explain each error code and how to tell whether the problem is yours or the site's.

    Written by: Enver Kaya

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    Web Scraping vs Web Crawling: What Is the Difference?

    Web crawling finds which pages exist by following links; web scraping pulls fields like price or title from them. We compare the two with Scrapy code.

    Written by: Acar Diveroli

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    How to Monitor a Website for Changes and Get Alerts

    To monitor a website for changes, a tool loads the page on a schedule, compares it with the last copy and alerts you. Learn to cut false alerts and add proxies.

    Written by: Enver Kaya

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    Cloudflare Scraper: Why Requests Get Blocked and What Works

    A Cloudflare scraper gets blocked when its requests score as a bot. Learn to read the block you hit, then pick a legitimate route that still gets you the data.

    Written by: Acar Diveroli

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    Context Engineering vs Prompt Engineering: Key Differences

    Prompt engineering shapes the instruction; context engineering decides everything else the model sees. Here is how they differ and when each one matters.

    Written by: Acar Diveroli

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    What Is Agentic Web Scraping and How Does It Work?

    In agentic web scraping the agent navigates the page itself, decides the next step and extracts data against a schema. We explain the loop, cost and limits.

    Written by: Acar Diveroli

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    What Is an AI Web Scraper and How Does It Work?

    An AI web scraper hands field extraction to an AI model instead of fixed selectors. We walk through the working steps, tool types and limits.

    Written by: Acar Diveroli

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    How to Set Up Proxy Settings on an Android Phone

    On Android, a proxy is set in the advanced options of each Wi-Fi network. We cover the Samsung and Xiaomi menu paths and the hostname and port fields.

    Written by: Enver Kaya

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    Transparent vs Anonymous vs Elite Proxies: The Differences

    A transparent proxy forwards your real IP, an anonymous proxy hides it but reveals itself, and an elite proxy adds nothing. Three HTTP headers decide which.

    Written by: Acar Diveroli

  1. What Is Port 8080? Proxy Port Numbers and What They Mean

    Proxies

    Published

  2. Python Encoding Errors: How to Fix UnicodeDecodeError

    Web Scraping

    Published

  3. Squid Proxy on Ubuntu 24.04: Install, Auth and squid.conf

    Tutorial

    Published

  4. This Site Can't Be Reached: What It Means and Why It Happens

    Tutorial

    Published

  5. Web Scraping vs Web Crawling: What Is the Difference?

    Comparison

    Published

  6. How to Monitor a Website for Changes and Get Alerts

    Use Cases

    Published

  7. Cloudflare Scraper: Why Requests Get Blocked and What Works

    Web Scraping

    Published

  8. Context Engineering vs Prompt Engineering: Key Differences

    AI

    Published

  9. What Is Agentic Web Scraping and How Does It Work?

    AI

    Published

  10. What Is an AI Web Scraper and How Does It Work?

    Web Scraping

    Published

  11. How to Set Up Proxy Settings on an Android Phone

    Tutorial

    Published

  12. Transparent vs Anonymous vs Elite Proxies: The Differences

    Proxies

    Published