Cutting Response Time From 2.5s to Under a Second Across 4.2M Requests
4.2 million requests in 24 hours. Average 774 ms, down from 2.5 seconds the week before. Here's what changed in the request path, with real percentiles.
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The EU AI Act Ends the Free-For-All in Training Data
AI training data collection just went from technical problem to compliance problem. The EU AI Act and rising vendor scrutiny reshape the rules through 2027.
FourA Digest — Apr 17 to Apr 24, 2026
This week at FourA: smoother first-run dashboard, a status page that reflects reality, faster list responses, and rate-limit visibility in analytics.
Inside the Browser Profile: What `unblocker: true` Actually Does
One flag flips three switches: real browser headers, a matching connection signature, and auto-decompression for gzip and brotli. Here's what it does and why.
Aggregating Real Estate Listings at Scale
Real estate portals use different bot-detection stacks, layouts, and geographies. Here's how to aggregate listings at scale without maintaining six scrapers.
FourA Digest — Apr 10 to Apr 17, 2026
A new four-tier pricing model, embedded Stripe checkout on the upgrade page, and a batch of sign-up and privacy fixes all shipped this week at FourA.
Bot Detection Went Behavioral. Most Scrapers Didn't.
Bot detection shifted from IP blocking to TLS fingerprints, browser signals, and behavioral analysis. Most scraping setups are fighting the wrong battle.
FourA Digest — Apr 8 to Apr 10, 2026
We redesigned foura.ai and rolled the new design system across every FourA property. Plus: monitoring overhaul, multi-currency pricing, and Cmd+K search.
Redirect Control and Raw Buffer Mode
FourA's API now supports configurable redirect limits and raw binary responses. Two options that change how you handle real-world scraping edge cases.
FourA Digest — Mar 31 to Apr 8, 2026
Docs site launched, Google sign-up went live, and the health dashboard now shows 30-day uptime history. Plus: privacy-friendly analytics across every property.