Machine Learning (ML) is a powerful technology implemented in various fields. Web scraping isn't any exception – with the use of machine learning, public data gathering projects can become more efficient. Of course, machine learning isn't an easy nut to crack. This is the reason why our host, Augustinas Kalvis, has brought a very special guest with him, Jurijus Gorskovas, a Machine Learning Engineer at Oxylabs. If you want to understand better how machine learning can help you gather...

Curious to learn what proxies are and how they’re used for web scraping? In the fifth episode of OxyCast, OxyCast host and Software Engineer Augustinas Kalvis and Mindaugas Dunderis discuss proxies and how they go hand-in-hand with public data scraping. Mindaugas gives his professional insight into the importance of getting proxies from a reputable provider rather than using free ones. He also shares how Residential Proxies are acquired, how they compare against Datacenter Proxies, and which...

In the 4th episode of OxyCast, our host- Augustinas Kalvis, along with the special guest who has been at Oxylabs since the very beginning, Eivydas Vilčinskas (Tech Team Lead), discuss the ever-complex yet always relevant topic of scaling. From the explanation of what scaling is and why it’s essential to its unique intricacies, difficulties, and viable approaches, this episode looks at all of it!* In this episode you’ll learn: How do you go from 10 requests per second to tens of...

In the #3 episode of OxyCast, the host, Augustinas Kalvis, and a special guest – Povilas Kudriavcevas (both are Software Engineers at Oxylabs), will discuss data parsing basics and go through the easy and the difficult parts of the process. Augustinas and Povilas will also explain how to parse an item and speculate what may be the future of data parsing.* In this podcast episode, you’ll learn: What the process of parsing an item is like Writing a good selector How to monitor a parser ...

In the #2 episode of OxyCast, the host – Augustinas Kalvis (Software Developer at Oxylabs), and his special guest – Martynas Saulius (Python Developer at Oxylabs), explain the blocking process in-depth and what daily web scraping challenges even skilled developers encounter, and how to avoid them.* In this episode you’ll learn: Why is it essential to ensure web scraper’s reliability and scalability? How to do it? How do websites detect bots? What happens when you get blocked? Which...

In the #1 episode of OxyCast, the host – Augustinas Kalvis (Software Developer at Oxylabs), and the first guest – Aleksandras Šulženko (Product Owner at Oxylabs), discusses: Why do we need web scraping? What are the most commonly used definitions in web scraping? What do people do with scraped data? Why buy a scraper if you can build one? How difficult is web scraping actually? Listen to the #1 OxyCast episode on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud. Oxylabs is a...

Welcome to OxyCast – a podcast on all things web scraping hosted by Oxylabs, a market-leading proxy solutions provider. In our podcast, we dive deeper into the whole data gathering process: from answering simple questions like “What do users do with scraped public data?” to the technical journey of dealing with the most common scraping issues.