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I underestimated how important proxy quality was for scraping projects
By Balle Tan
devto-webdev3h ago · Jul 23, 20261 min read
When I started working on a data collection project, I thought the biggest challenge would be optimizing the code. Later, I realized that the proxy layer was often the real bottleneck. The same scraper can perform very differently depending on the proxy quality: Different success rates Unstable response times Difficulty accessing certain regions
When I started working on a data collection project, I thought the biggest challenge would be optimizing the code.
Later, I realized that the proxy layer was often the real bottleneck.
The same scraper can perform very differently depending on the proxy quality:
Different success rates
Unstable response times
Difficulty accessing certain regions
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