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Re:GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CRE... by wiseowise on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @01:15AM (#48104456)
Why would you scrape HN when they offer free, generous API?
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Re:GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CRE... by phoronixrly on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @01:44AM (#48104645)
Autocomplete only 'knew' how to output a scraper...
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Re:GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CRE... by u_fucking_dork on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @08:04AM (#48107075)
Not true, I tried just now. Took 30 seconds of due diligence. You could have done this too. Do better.

The problem is they’ll do what you ask. And if you are the type of non-curious person who replies “ Autocomplete only 'knew' how to output a scraper...”, then you’ll tell it to make you a scraper instead of ask what your options are for getting HN data.

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Re:GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CRE... by tomjen3 on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @02:50PM (#48112610)
Okay, fair. I am using the API to scrape it.
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Re:GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CRE... by solid_fuel on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @05:27PM (#48114844)
Sounds like you didn't even know what your own tool was doing. This would be a prime example of why relying on autocomplete based tools makes you look like a fool.
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