🔥 LIVE EXPERIMENT #1

Building AI Web Crawler in 5 Days

Progress Day 1 of 5 (20%)

Started

July 23, 2025

Current Status

Day 1 Complete - Planning & Setup Done!

🎯 WHY BUILD AN AI WEB CRAWLER?

Most businesses struggle with data collection from websites. We're building intelligent automation that adapts to any site structure.

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The Business Reality

Companies spend $50K-$500K annually on manual data collection. Existing tools break when websites change structure.

• 73% of scrapers require monthly maintenance

• Average setup time: 2-3 weeks per site

• Success rate with dynamic content: 23%

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Our Hypothesis

AI can understand website patterns and adapt automatically. No more breaking when sites update their design.

• Learn site structure in 5-10 examples

• Auto-adapt to layout changes

• Handle JavaScript-heavy sites

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Success Metrics

We'll prove this works by handling 25 different websites with 90%+ accuracy by Day 5.

• Target: 25 diverse websites

• Accuracy goal: 90%+

• No manual intervention

Real-World Applications

Industries already using web scraping for competitive advantage

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E-commerce Intelligence

Track competitor pricing, inventory, and promotions across hundreds of products automatically.

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Market Research

Collect customer reviews, social mentions, and brand sentiment from multiple platforms.

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Lead Generation

Extract contact information and business details from directories and professional networks.

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Real Estate

Monitor property listings, price changes, and market trends across multiple real estate platforms.

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Financial Data

Aggregate stock prices, news sentiment, and economic indicators for investment analysis.

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Content Monitoring

Track brand mentions, content trends, and competitor activities across news and social media.

Calculate Your ROI

See how much you could save with intelligent web scraping

Monthly Data Collection Spend

$10,000

Hours Saved Per Month

40 hrs

Your Hourly Rate

$75

Your Potential Monthly Savings

$12,500

That's $150,000 per year!

📊 DAY 1 METRICS

Real progress from our first day

0/25

Websites Successfully Handled

We just started!

47

People Following

Growing fast!

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Beta Signups

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5

Coffee Cups Consumed

The real metric 😅

8

Technical Challenges Identified

JavaScript is hard

1

Architecture Designed

Solid foundation

📈 EXPERIMENT UPDATES

🔧 DAY 1 WRAP 6:30 PM, July 23

Development environment ready, architecture planned. Tomorrow we start building the actual crawler. Biggest challenge identified: JavaScript-heavy sites.

🧠 PLANNING SESSION 2:00 PM, July 23

Mapped out technical approach. Decided on Python + AI hybrid strategy. Target: 25 different websites by Day 5.

🚀 EXPERIMENT BEGINS 9:00 AM, July 23

5-day AI crawler challenge officially started! Coffee loaded, whiteboard ready. Let's see if we can pull this off.

How It Works - 5-Day Progress

Our systematic approach to building intelligent web scraping

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Day 1: Architecture & Planning

Environment ready, approach defined

✅ COMPLETED

2

Day 2: Core Parsing Engine

Build basic scraper

⏳ DAY 2 FOCUS

3

Day 3-4: AI Content Understanding

Train pattern recognition

⏳ DAY 3-4 TARGET

4

Day 4-5: Adaptive Learning

Test on all 25 sites

◯ DAY 4-5 GOAL

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Throughout: Ethical Operation

Rate limiting, robots.txt

✅ BUILT INTO FOUNDATION

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