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Web scraping dynamic content created by Javascript with Python

Scraping websites which contain dynamic content created by Javascript sounds easier than it is. This is partly because browser technology is constantly evolving which forces web scraping libraries to change with them. Therefore many articles written about the topic reference deprecated libraries like PhantomJS and dryscrape which makes it difficult to find information that is up-to-date.

Support for critical alerts on iOS

The new version of our iPhone/iPad app adds support for Appleā€™s Critical Alerts.

Sending (end-to-end encrypted) push notifications from your Raspberry Pi Zero W

The Raspberry Pi Zero W is an impressively small device with a single core 1GHz CPU and 512MB of RAM. You can do all kind of great stuff with it. For me the most interesting use cases happen in a headless setup where you do not connect your Raspberry to any peripherals. See this great explanation on how to set up your Raspberry Pi Zero W without any monitor or keyboard.

ESP8266 encrypted notifications with Simplepush

The ESP8266 is a low-cost system-on-a-chip (SoC) which comes with integrated WiFi and a full TCP/IP stack. It is the perfect match for prototyping IoT projects or for just tinkering around.

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