[asimpson]

I love scraping websites, it's a stupid hobby at times, but I dig it (https://github.com/asimpson/nodejs-web-scraper-cookbook).

A couple successful scraper projects: 1. I automated buying an iPhone 6 when it came out at the time with a scraper + Twilio for SMS notifications. 2. I setup a scraper to alert me when certain blue-ray titles were available to reserve at the library. 3. I found a site that posted full NBA replays the day after a game. I set up a scraper to on their RSS feed for a couple teams and uploaded the videos to S3.

I've also automated notifications for when my sump pump gets flipped off. My sump pump is connected to a ground fault outlet which can rarely get flipped. I plugged in a spare raspberry pi to the same outlet and have my synology ping the IP periodically. If the synology can't find the pi it sends me a sms via twilio.