On June 2, 2026, Boris Cherny, the person who built Claude Code at Anthropic, said something at a private WorkOS event that spread across the developer internet within days.
"I don't prompt Claude anymore. I have loops that are running. They're the ones that are prompting Claude and figuring out what to do. My job is to write loops."
Thanks for the heads up. I'm a co-founder at Spidra, so I should have disclosed that upfront (my bad). I'll add that to the post and be more explicit about it going forward. Appreciate the feedback rather than just a silent kill.
Web scraping, the automated process of extracting data from websites, has evolved from a niche technical skill to a foundational practice across numerous industries.
By systematically collecting information that is often publicly available but siloed, businesses and researchers can unlock significant insights. This data forms the backbone of informed decision-making, fueling everything from market trend analysis to the development of sophisticated artificial intelligence models.
This article explores seven key applications where web scraping proves particularly transformative, offering actionable strategies and demonstrating its broad utility.