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mission:log:2014:11:24:using-python-lxml-request-as-simple-scrape-robot-for-metrics-from-webpages [2015/01/16 18:00] – [The bash solution] chronomission:log:2014:11:24:using-python-lxml-request-as-simple-scrape-robot-for-metrics-from-webpages [2015/07/08 08:07] – [In the beginning there was the copy] chrono
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 ===== In the beginning there was the copy ===== ===== In the beginning there was the copy =====
  
-Even if it appears unique and original to us, there always was some other inspiration/model to copy from. Most of what we do is based on other ideas and concepts laid out by other people before. And their ideas also evolved in the same matter. It's basically all about perception. I could present you the final python robot and say: "This is my awesome original work". And you might believe it, since it's slick, streamlined and very efficient. But that is just the current result. You wouldn't (and in most cases won't) see how crappy it began and how it evolved into its current form. But this is exactly what we're going to do today.+Even if it appears unique and original to us, there always was some other inspiration/model to copy from. Most of what we do is based on other ideas and concepts laid out by other people before. And their ideas also evolved in the same manner. It's basically all about perception. I could present you the final python robot and say: "This is my awesome original work". And you might believe it, since it's slick, streamlined and very efficient. But that is just the current result. You wouldn't (and in most cases won't) see how crappy it began and how it evolved into its current form. But this is exactly what we're going to do today.
  
 ===== The Problem ===== ===== The Problem =====