Ivy Lin
Community & Content Lead
Ivy Lin leads community engagement and content strategy at Nstdata. She works closely with developers, marketers, and data professionals to create educational resources that simplify complex proxy and data collection concepts. Her writing covers industry trends, best practices, product guides, and real-world applications of proxy technology across different industries.
All Articles
Crawlee for Python: A Practical Guide to Web Scraping Workflows
Build a bounded Crawlee for Python workflow with HTTP crawling, link discovery, structured dataset output, and a browser-backed option for authorized JavaScript pages.
Scrapy vs Managed Crawl API: When to Build vs Buy
Compare Scrapy ownership costs with managed Crawl API pricing using a practical twelve-month TCO model.
Nstdata vs Apify: Crawl API Comparison for Developers
Compare Nstdata Crawl with an Apify Actor on architecture, output, pricing, and team fit.
Best Web Crawling APIs for LLMs: A 2026 Buyerโs Guide
Compare ten web content APIs by workflow fit and use a practical decision tree for LLM and RAG procurement.
Synthetic Data vs. Real Web Data: Which Is Better for AI?
Generated examples and acquired source observations solve different problems. This guide separates task fit, source evidence, validation, and dataset lineage before proposing a hybrid design.
10 Best eBay Scrapers for Product, Price, and Seller Data
Auctions and fixed-price offers need different interpretation. Compare eBay collection paths using listing identity, condition, variation, seller, and shipping evidence.
10 Best Zillow Scrapers for Public Real Estate Listing Data
A property, a listing event, and a source observation deserve separate identities. Compare Zillow data paths without confusing asking prices, estimates, or missing results.
10 Kiro-Powered Web Scrapers for AI-Assisted Data Workflows
Kiro-assisted development needs a clear boundary between specialist context and runtime collection. Compare one published vendor Power with custom workflow patterns that require validation.
10 Best Gemini Scrapers for Public AI Search Data
Compare Gemini answer-observation tools, the official API, and citation verification workflows without confusing generated answers with consumer UI data.
