//intoli.com/blog/ Recent content in Intoli Blog on Hugo -- gohugo.io en Tue, 06 Nov 2018 08:30:05 -0500 //intoli.com/blog/gerrymandering/ Tue, 06 Nov 2018 08:30:05 -0500 //intoli.com/blog/gerrymandering/ An interactive explanation of how gerrymandering is a risky strategy that allows for the possibility of a blue wave. //intoli.com/blog/aopic-algorithm/ Sun, 16 Sep 2018 11:18:00 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/aopic-algorithm/ Learn how to estimate page importance and allocate bandwidth during a broad crawl. //intoli.com/blog/sandbox-breakout/ Fri, 14 Sep 2018 07:59:33 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/sandbox-breakout/ A short guide to breaking out of the WebExtension content script sandbox. //intoli.com/blog/user-agents/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 08:30:00 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/user-agents/ A free dataset and JavaScript library for generating random user agents that are always current. //intoli.com/blog/f5bot/ Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:08:30 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/f5bot/ The creator of F5Bot explains in detail how it works, and how it’s able to scrape million of Reddit comments per day. //intoli.com/blog/power-assert/ Tue, 24 Jul 2018 08:08:30 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/power-assert/ A look at what makes power-assert our favorite JavaScript assertion library, and an interview with the project’s author. //intoli.com/blog/python-slicing-in-javascript/ Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:08:30 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/python-slicing-in-javascript/ A gentle introduction to JavaScript proxies where we use them to recreate Python’s extended slice syntax. //intoli.com/blog/slack-for-web-scrapers/ Thu, 21 Jun 2018 10:30:00 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/slack-for-web-scrapers/ Intoli is launching a new Slack community called Web Scrapers where developers can chat about web scraping. //intoli.com/blog/youtube-mp3-downloader/ Mon, 21 May 2018 08:30:00 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/youtube-mp3-downloader/ A short guide to building a practical YouTube MP3 downloader bookmarklet using Amazon Lambda. //intoli.com/blog/transcoding-on-aws-lambda/ Wed, 02 May 2018 08:30:30 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/transcoding-on-aws-lambda/ A guide to building a transcoder using Exodus, FFmpeg, and AWS Lambda. //intoli.com/blog/antd-scss-theme-plugin/ Tue, 24 Apr 2018 08:30:00 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/antd-scss-theme-plugin/ Introducing antd-scss-theme-plugin, an easy way to use Ant Design with SCSS. //intoli.com/blog/exodus-2/ Thu, 08 Mar 2018 08:30:00 -0500 //intoli.com/blog/exodus-2/ A tour of the new features introduced in Exodus version 2.0. //intoli.com/blog/circleci-artifacts/ Tue, 20 Feb 2018 08:30:29 -0500 //intoli.com/blog/circleci-artifacts/ A guide to setting up a practical proxy API on Amazon’s Lambda using Node.js and Express. //intoli.com/blog/not-possible-to-block-chrome-headless/ Thu, 18 Jan 2018 12:30:34 -0500 //intoli.com/blog/not-possible-to-block-chrome-headless/ An updated example of techniques to avoid detection. //intoli.com/blog/javascript-injection/ Fri, 29 Dec 2017 08:30:00 -0500 //intoli.com/blog/javascript-injection/ An exploration of different browser automation methods to inject JavaScript into webpages. //intoli.com/blog/saving-images/ Wed, 13 Dec 2017 08:30:00 -0500 //intoli.com/blog/saving-images/ Learn how to save any image from a headless browser in this Puppeteer tutorial. //intoli.com/blog/luigi-jupyter-notebooks/ Tue, 28 Nov 2017 08:34:55 -0500 //intoli.com/blog/luigi-jupyter-notebooks/ Learn about the Luigi task runner and how to use Jupyter notebooks in your workflows. //intoli.com/blog/dangerous-pickles/ Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:30:00 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/dangerous-pickles/ A light introduction to the Python pickle protocol, the Pickle Machine, and constructing malicious pickles. //intoli.com/blog/pandas-aggregation/ Fri, 13 Oct 2017 09:01:00 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/pandas-aggregation/ Learn how to use pandas to easily slice up a dataset and quickly extract useful statistics. //intoli.com/blog/designing-the-wayback-machine-loading-animation/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 08:29:37 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/designing-the-wayback-machine-loading-animation/ A walkthrough of how we helped The Internet Archive design a new loading animation for the Wayback Machine. //intoli.com/blog/analyzing-one-million-robots-txt-files/ Tue, 19 Sep 2017 08:00:00 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/analyzing-one-million-robots-txt-files/ Insights gathered from analyzing the robots.txt files of Alexa’s top one million domains. //intoli.com/blog/stumbleupon-url-checker/ Thu, 14 Sep 2017 09:30:38 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/stumbleupon-url-checker/ A simple tool to check the status of a URL in StumbleUpon’s index, along with a description of how it works. //intoli.com/blog/fantasy-football-for-hackers/ Thu, 07 Sep 2017 08:19:53 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/fantasy-football-for-hackers/ Building a draft strategy from the ground up. //intoli.com/blog/installing-google-chrome-on-centos/ Wed, 06 Sep 2017 07:30:55 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/installing-google-chrome-on-centos/ A guide to getting Google Chrome running on RHEL variants. //intoli.com/blog/pca-and-svd/ Wed, 23 Aug 2017 07:40:59 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/pca-and-svd/ Exploring the relationship between singular value decomposition and principal component analysis. //intoli.com/blog/steam-scraper/ Wed, 16 Aug 2017 08:30:07 -0700 //intoli.com/blog/steam-scraper/ An introduction to Scrapy though a realistic project. //intoli.com/blog/making-chrome-headless-undetectable/ Wed, 09 Aug 2017 08:00:00 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/making-chrome-headless-undetectable/ Using MitmProxy and injected JavaScript feature mocks to bypass Headless Chrome detection tests. //intoli.com/blog/chebyshevs-inequality/ Fri, 04 Aug 2017 07:00:00 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/chebyshevs-inequality/ A look at why Chebyshev’s Inequality holds true and some potential applications. //intoli.com/blog/patching-a-linux-kernel-module/ Thu, 27 Jul 2017 07:14:14 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/patching-a-linux-kernel-module/ A case-study in debugging and patching kernel-level issues on Linux. //intoli.com/blog/neural-network-initialization/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 08:30:00 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/neural-network-initialization/ Exploring the effects of neural network weight initialization strategies. //intoli.com/blog/nvidia-inception-program/ Fri, 21 Jul 2017 08:33:45 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/nvidia-inception-program/ Intoli has officially joined the Nvidia Inception Program for promising artificial intelligence startups. //intoli.com/blog/running-selenium-with-headless-firefox/ Thu, 22 Jun 2017 12:32:16 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/running-selenium-with-headless-firefox/ A look at connecting Selenium WebDriver to Firefox’s headless mode. //intoli.com/blog/pareto-optimal-blogs/ Tue, 13 Jun 2017 08:09:33 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/pareto-optimal-blogs/ An analytical approach to finding the best blogs out there. //intoli.com/blog/node-package-manager-benchmarks/ Mon, 12 Jun 2017 08:30:51 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/node-package-manager-benchmarks/ A benchmark comparison of the npm, yarn, and pnpm package managers for node. //intoli.com/blog/tech-videos/ Sat, 27 May 2017 08:42:07 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/tech-videos/ A collection of highly influential tech videos. //intoli.com/blog/hacker-news-title-tool/ Tue, 23 May 2017 08:30:00 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/hacker-news-title-tool/ A web-based tool to predict the success of articles on Hacker News using a neural network. //intoli.com/blog/email-spy/ Wed, 17 May 2017 05:30:51 -0700 //intoli.com/blog/email-spy/ A new open source web extension for finding email contacts. //intoli.com/blog/running-selenium-with-headless-chrome/ Fri, 14 Apr 2017 05:30:07 -0700 //intoli.com/blog/running-selenium-with-headless-chrome/ A guide to setting up Selenium to work with the new headless functionality of Google Chrome. //intoli.com/blog/make-a-public-slack-community/ Fri, 31 Aug 2018 08:30:42 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/make-a-public-slack-community/ A step-by-step guide to creating a Slack community with an open invitation form. //intoli.com/blog/for-else-in-python/ Tue, 28 Aug 2018 09:00:00 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/for-else-in-python/ Learn about Python’s useful and controversial for-else and while-else clauses, as well as why and how to avoid them. //intoli.com/blog/sitemaps-in-bash/ Wed, 01 Aug 2018 08:30:00 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/sitemaps-in-bash/ A guide to using bash and common command-line utilities for quickly parsing sitemaps without specialized tools. //intoli.com/blog/spamming-notification-requests/ Thu, 31 May 2018 08:30:56 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/spamming-notification-requests/ A look at a new dark pattern that has emerged on the web: spamming redirects followed by notification requests. //intoli.com/blog/scrape-infinite-scroll/ Thu, 11 Jan 2018 08:30:00 -0500 //intoli.com/blog/scrape-infinite-scroll/ Learn how to scrape an infinitely scrolling data feed with a headless browser. //intoli.com/blog/nightmare-network-idle/ Fri, 22 Dec 2017 08:30:00 -0500 //intoli.com/blog/nightmare-network-idle/ Learn how to have your Nightmare JS tests wait until the network is silent. //intoli.com/blog/firefox-extensions-with-selenium/ Tue, 21 Nov 2017 09:11:45 -0500 //intoli.com/blog/firefox-extensions-with-selenium/ A guide to launching Firefox with extensions preloaded using Selenium. //intoli.com/blog/chrome-extensions-with-selenium/ Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:27:16 -0500 //intoli.com/blog/chrome-extensions-with-selenium/ A simple guide to launching Google Chrome with extensions preloaded using Selenium. //intoli.com/blog/terminal-recorders/ Tue, 14 Nov 2017 08:30:22 -0500 //intoli.com/blog/terminal-recorders/ An in-depth comparision of different methods to record animations of terminal sessions. //intoli.com/blog/average-draft-position-vs-season-projections/ Fri, 22 Sep 2017 10:01:28 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/average-draft-position-vs-season-projections/ Building a draft strategy from the ground up. //intoli.com/blog/running-selenium-with-headless-chrome-in-ruby/ Wed, 06 Sep 2017 04:41:35 -0400 //intoli.com/blog/running-selenium-with-headless-chrome-in-ruby/ A guide to setting up Selenium with Ruby to work with Google Chrome in headless mode. //intoli.com/blog/tech-gender-gap/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 11:50:00 -0500 //intoli.com/blog/tech-gender-gap/ Learn about the gender gap issue in tech and ways to close it.