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Daniel

Web developer and data scraping specialist

Daniel writes about the engineering, operations, and commercial decisions behind dependable web data feeds.

Articles by Daniel

Operations · 25 min read

US Federal Contract Awards with Python: Analyze Suppliers and Obligations Safely

Data Quality · 24 min read

How to Build a Product Price Monitoring Dataset: Matching, Offers and Change History

Data Quality · 24 min read

How to Build a Property Listing Dataset: Schema, Deduplication and Change Tracking

Data Quality · 23 min read

Business Location Data: Sources, Schema and Entity Matching

Operations · 22 min read

How to Build a Competitive Intelligence Database: Sources, Schema and Change Tracking

Operations · 24 min read

Retail Product Price Data with Python: Filtered Samples and Price Trends

Operations · 23 min read

How to Build a Custom Data Feed: A Production Design Guide

Operations · 24 min read

Federal Grants Data with Python: Applicant Types, Funding & Deadlines

Operations · 24 min read

Government Tender Data with Python: Query Opportunities and Changes

Operations · 25 min read

Find a Tender API Guide: Download UK Notices with OCDS

Operations · 24 min read

TED Search API v3 Guide: Download EU Procurement Notices

Strategy · 19 min read

Public Procurement Demand by Category: August 2026 Snapshot

Operations · 26 min read

USAspending API Guide: Download Federal Contract Data Reliably

Operations · 24 min read

Grants.gov API Migration: Search2 to Simpler.Grants.gov

Operations · 30 min read

FPDS API Replacement: Migrate to SAM.gov Contract Awards API

Operations · 22 min read

SAM.gov API Guide: Download Contract Opportunities Reliably

Strategy · 20 min read

Government Contract Analysis: Measure Demand and Supplier Competition

Operations · 20 min read

Government Contract Tracker Guide: Monitor Opportunities, Awards and Amendments

Strategy · 18 min read

How to Find Awarded U.S. Federal Contracts: SAM.gov vs USAspending

Strategy · 22 min read

SAM.gov vs TED vs UK Tender Sources: Coverage and API Comparison

Strategy · 20 min read

Government Contracts Database Guide: Model Opportunities, Awards and Suppliers

Operations · 20 min read

Web Scraper Maintenance: What Production Ownership Includes

Strategy · 19 min read

How to Run a Web Scraping Proof of Concept That Predicts Production

Strategy · 18 min read

What a Web Scraping SLA Should Measure

Strategy · 20 min read

How to Choose a Web Scraping Vendor: A 20-Point Scorecard

Strategy · 18 min read

Web Scraping TCO: The Costs Most Build-vs-Buy Models Miss

Strategy · 17 min read

What Does It Really Cost to Maintain a Web Scraper?

Operations · 17 min read

How to Migrate an In-House Web Scraper to a Managed Service

Strategy · 16 min read

When to Outsource Web Scraping: 9 Signs to Watch

Operations · 14 min read

Web Scraping Monitoring: A Runbook for Reliable Data Feeds

Strategy · 18 min read

In-House vs Outsourced Web Scraping: A Practical Decision Framework