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Everything you need to know about browser automation

Guides, insights, comparisons, and reviews across Playwright MCP, Browser Use, Chrome DevTools MCP, coding agents, and the browsers they drive.

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Claude Code Setup: MCP Configuration and Playwright Fixes

A scope-by-scope Claude Code MCP configuration walkthrough built on the official docs, plus the Playwright fixes that matter most: Windows npx/cmd stdio, pending approvals, and missing tools.

Sep 16, 2026 · 12 min read
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Web Scraping with JavaScript: Static HTML vs Rendered Pages

Most JavaScript scrapers fail before parsing starts, because the request was sent down the wrong route. Decide the access route first, then pick the tool.

Sep 15, 2026 · 13 min read
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Connect an MCP Server to Claude Code and Claude Desktop

The same MCP server reaches Claude Code and Claude Desktop through two completely different doors: a config file you own versus a settings screen you click. This guide covers both ends of the trip, which scope to pick and why, and what each failure message actually means.

Sep 15, 2026 · 14 min read
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How to Handle Selectors Breaking in Browser Automation

Most broken selectors are not selector problems. Read the error class first, classify the failure against the assumption that broke, and only then decide whether a locator fix, a workflow change, or a supervised agent run is the honest answer.

Sep 15, 2026 · 15 min read
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Apify Alternatives for Large-Scale Web Scraping

At a million pages, the platform fee stops being the story. Proxy bandwidth, concurrency ceilings, and retry billing decide what you actually pay — and which Apify alternative fits.

Sep 15, 2026 · 25 min read
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Browser Automation That Survives UI Changes

Durable browser automation needs more than stable selectors. The right choice depends on whether the workflow is a maintained regression path or changing live work.

Sep 14, 2026 · 13 min read
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Stable Playwright Locators for Dynamic Web Apps

Build Playwright locators around durable contracts, then decide whether the workflow needs a repeatable CI test or a supervised one-off browser task.

Sep 14, 2026 · 18 min read
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Playwright vs Cypress: Reliability and Migration

Playwright and Cypress serve different testing workflows; our live comparison also shows when ego (lite) is the more direct path to a one-off result.

Sep 14, 2026 · 15 min read
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Sandbox Web Browser for AI Agents: Local vs Remote

A practical sandbox-browser architecture guide covering isolation layers, session custody, takeover, concurrency, replay, hybrid routing, and validation.

Sep 11, 2026 · 15 min read