Oh man, headless chrome can be a nightmare with timeouts. I switched to Playwright recently, and it’s way more reliable for dynamic content.
Their auto-waiting is a game-changer—no more guessing if elements are loaded. Plus, it handles shadow DOM way better than Puppeteer.
For anti-blocking, I use a combo of residential proxies (like Oxylabs) and random mouse movements. Sounds overkill, but sites like Cloudflare eat basic scrapers for breakfast.
Their auto-waiting is a game-changer—no more guessing if elements are loaded. Plus, it handles shadow DOM way better than Puppeteer.
For anti-blocking, I use a combo of residential proxies (like Oxylabs) and random mouse movements. Sounds overkill, but sites like Cloudflare eat basic scrapers for breakfast.