"Is lxml python still the fastest HTML/XML parser? Or am I wasting my time?"
Seriously tho, I’ve been using lxml python for ages, and it’s *blazing* fast compared to the built-in stuff. But I keep hearing about newer libs popping up.
Anyone done recent benchmarks? Or is lxml still king for speed + features?
Also, why *is* it so much faster? Magic? Cython? Black magic?
(And yeah, I know BeautifulSoup is easier, but come on—speed matters when you’re scraping 10k pages.)
Thoughts? Hot takes? Or am I just old-school?
Seriously tho, I’ve been using lxml python for ages, and it’s *blazing* fast compared to the built-in stuff. But I keep hearing about newer libs popping up.
Anyone done recent benchmarks? Or is lxml still king for speed + features?
Also, why *is* it so much faster? Magic? Cython? Black magic?
(And yeah, I know BeautifulSoup is easier, but come on—speed matters when you’re scraping 10k pages.)
Thoughts? Hot takes? Or am I just old-school?