How do you create a web crawler from scratch? Need tips and guidance! or Looking to build a web crawl

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Man, I feel you. How do you create a web crawler without losing your mind?

Honestly, pre-built tools like Scrapy are your friend. Yeah, there's a learning curve, but way better than reinventing the wheel.

For rate limits, try `time.sleep(random.uniform(1,3))`—makes you look less bot-like.

Also, Cloudflare sucks. Use proxies if you hit walls.

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