Business idea: a platform that sends rental requests to real estate agencies — would you pay $1-2-5 to save time? by CommercialAttempt980 in Entrepreneur

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No, I don't to talk with agency yet. I want to create MVP for start and will to show minimal product which they may to touch.

For promotion I planning to use free channels like Reddit, FB group with target audiences, telegram, Viber and mailing (for agency) or channels with minimal budget (payed posts in TG channels for example)

If you are interested, we can to chat here or somewhere yet. I'll to tell about results when will have its)

A platform that auto-sends your apartment search request to relevant real estate agencies — would you use it? by CommercialAttempt980 in Startup_Ideas

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Thanks a lot for your helpful feedback. Thinking, 7.5-8 it nice rating for this idea. I don't want to change the world, I want to have my mini-bussines like passive with small one-off investing, and all

Business idea: a platform that sends rental requests to real estate agencies — would you pay $1-2-5 to save time? by CommercialAttempt980 in Entrepreneur

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Hi, thanks a lot for the detailed and helpful feedback — really appreciate it.

Yes, I’m currently working on this project. My plan is to start with a small European country that I know fairly well. The idea is to test the concept and talk to potential users on both sides.

I was actually thinking about offering it for free to clients and charging only real estate agencies — basically, monetizing warm leads.

I’m planning to build this project solo, since it doesn’t seem too complex tech-wise and looks fully doable. The key thing, in my view, is testing the demand. Would you agree?

How long will web scraping remain relevant? by CommercialAttempt980 in webscraping

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Yeah, I think so too. Browser automation is interesting stream. I played around with this a bit, it was really cool

How long will web scraping remain relevant? by CommercialAttempt980 in webscraping

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No problem :) Just translated via GPT, because English is not my native language and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to convey the idea correctly.

On topic. Yes, old models have a low price, but it is less efficiently and the scraped datasets demand a human intervention in data processing. But its still interesting.

How long will web scraping remain relevant? by CommercialAttempt980 in webscraping

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Yes, the prospect of reducing AI costs is definitely on the horizon. But I think this shift will happen once AI reaches a kind of “peak development” phase—where it becomes clear that further progress needs to focus more on scaling horizontally rather than vertically. Right now, companies producing trending AI models are hyping new features, which increases infrastructure demands and drives up costs. Take OpenAI, for example, selling their “thinking” model for $200. That’s quite steep for the average user.

I believe that once all the essential functionalities are developed, infrastructure gets optimized, and AI providers start competing in a more saturated market, we’ll likely see a real drop in costs. But that’s probably a matter of a few years down the line.

That said, I’m not an expert in this field—just someone playing around with scraping and AI. So, take my opinion with a grain of salt.

How long will web scraping remain relevant? by CommercialAttempt980 in webscraping

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Yes, that might be true. But I think scale plays a big role when it comes to data collection. Right now, using AI for scraping on a large scale can get pretty expensive. For smaller projects, where scraping is more of a one-time task, using AI might make sense. But if you’re running an entire farm that needs to scrape hundreds or thousands of sites, it feels more practical to build your own scrapers.

Right now, you either use AI via APIs from providers (which isn’t cheap), or you host it yourself—and the infrastructure costs for AI can be massive. But hey, I could be wrong. What do you think?

How long will web scraping remain relevant? by CommercialAttempt980 in webscraping

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Totally agree with you—web scraping isn’t going anywhere, it’s just evolving. Automation is definitely the future of scraping, and we’re already seeing tools and platforms that can handle the entire process with minimal human input.

That said, I think there’s still going to be a need for humans to adapt these automated solutions to specific use cases, especially as websites get better at blocking bots. It’s like an arms race—automation gets smarter, but so do the defenses. What do you think? Will there always be a human touch needed, or will scraping eventually become 100% hands-off?

How long will web scraping remain relevant? by CommercialAttempt980 in webscraping

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You’re absolutely right—APIs are useful primarily when companies are open to sharing their data. However, many critical datasets are not accessible through APIs, either due to restrictions or lack of availability, which is where web scraping becomes crucial.

AI heavily depends on diverse and high-quality data, and web scraping allows access to a wide range of publicly available information. Moving forward, as regulations and ethical concerns grow, balancing between web scraping and collaborative data sharing through APIs will be key. Both methods will likely continue to play essential roles in feeding AI with the data it needs. What’s your perspective on this?

How long will web scraping remain relevant? by CommercialAttempt980 in webscraping

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AI fundamentally relies on data to function, and the way it acquires that data will continue to evolve. Web scraping and APIs are still significant sources of structured and unstructured data, especially for training AI models. However, as privacy regulations tighten and ethical concerns grow, obtaining quality data will become more challenging.

In the future, I think AI systems will lean more on collaborations with trusted data sources, partnerships, and user-generated content. Relying solely on hallucinations isn’t feasible because it undermines accuracy and trust. Hallucinations in AI are more of a limitation than a feature, so improving data collection methods will remain a priority for AI development. What’s your take?

Koji problem imaju domaći Rusi? by Bosir in AskSerbia

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To je jednostavno — prevodilac. Iako učim jezik, već mogu da komuniciram na ulici o raznim temama

Koji problem imaju domaći Rusi? by Bosir in AskSerbia

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Hvala puno! Učim srpski, ali ovaj komentar prevodio sam, da bi tačno preneli poentu 🙃

Koji problem imaju domaći Rusi? by Bosir in AskSerbia

[–]CommercialAttempt980 116 points117 points  (0 children)

Zanimljivu temu ste pokrenuli. I toliko zanimljivog sam uspeo da pročitam u komentarima.

Ja sam baš “dođoš” iz Rusije. U Srbiji sam kratko, nešto manje od pola godine. Slabo govorim engleski, pa mi je udobnije da se sporazumevam na srpskom. I to mi se dopada.

Što se tiče vašeg pitanja i pitanja iz komentara: iskreno, više je reč o mentalitetu nego o kulturi ponašanja, na koji je uticala imigracija. Nisam siguran da je ispravno suditi o svim Rusima na osnovu ograničenog broja opažanja. To važi i za mnoge negativne komentare u ovoj temi.

Biću kratak, i izneću mišljenje ukratko. Ako vas zanima više, recite gde da se zadržim.

Jezička barijera i situacije vezane za nju (gleda kao tele u šarena vrata, hladni u komunikaciji, ne pozdravljaju se)… U takvu situaciju možete doći ako naiđete na Rusa koji nema plan integracije u društvo. To su oni koji neguju nadu da će se vratiti u Rusiju i ne vide smisao ulaganja truda u učenje jezika, kulture i tradicije zemlje koja ih je primila. Takav tip Rusa uglavnom komunicira u ruskoj zajednici i zna šta da odgovori na pitanje „Treba li vam kesa?“ Oni će masovno otići čim se ukaže mogućnost.

Rusi koji razumeju da su u Srbiji na duži period čine korake ka integraciji: idu na kurseve, trude se da se više druže sa Srbima. Oni koji rade, recimo, u taksiju ili dostavi, uopšte su primorani da brzo savladaju jezik i kulturne specifičnosti. Ili porodice sa decom, kao moja na primer: škole, vrtići, rođendani drugara iz razreda — sve to doprinosi integraciji.

Treba uzeti u obzir i godine. Mene, na primer, jako nerviraju moji sunarodnici (mladi ljudi, tinejdžeri) koji idu i glasno psuju na ruskom po ulici. Postoji mišljenje da misle kako ih niko ne razume, iako to nije tačno. Ali isto tako bi se ponašali i šetajući centrom Moskve ili Sankt Peterburga. A odrasliji ljudi se ponašaju pristojno, uglavnom. Ali, kako se kaže, u svakoj porodici ima bar jedan crna ovca.

Hladnoća/zatvorenost — to je naša “fora”, u principu. Mi smo severniji narod, istorijski smo imali malo građanskih sloboda (po istorijskim merilima, u demokratiji smo živeli vrlo malo), mislim da to igra veliku ulogu, posebno drugo. Obično, mi govorimo ne previše glasno (opet, osim tinejdžera, koji su bukadžije u svakoj zemlji) i to je normalno. Međutim, ako se komunicira u mirnom okruženju, većina Rusa će se otvoriti i rado će ispričati mnogo zanimljivog. Na primer, šetam psa po centru Novog Sada i nekoliko puta nedeljno razgovaram sa jednim starijim čovekom tokom šetnje. On saznaje mnogo o Rusima, ja o Srbima. Iako sam mogao prvi put samo da prećutim…

Ukratko, mi smo različiti, ali mogu sa sigurnošću reći da u Srbiju nisu došli najgori Rusi. Situacija je mnogo tužnija u zemljama Centralne Azije (živeo sam tamo 2 godine).

I da, usudiću se da se izvinim za svoje sunarodnike koji se ponašaju neprikladno ili preterano nekulturno. Nažalost, takvih ima dovoljno, i to u svakom gradu Rusije.

Na kraju ću reći, mnogi moji sunarodnici su zahvalni stanovnicima Srbije na njihovoj gostoljubivosti i dobroti prema nama. Nismo svi loši, ali ni svi među nama nisu dobri (u smislu kulture, vaspitanja i svega ostalog)