Apify
Apify provides the infrastructure developers need to build, deploy, and monetize web automation tools. The platform centers on Apify Store, a marketplace featuring 10,000+ community-built Actors. These are serverless programs that scrape websites, automate browser tasks, and power AI agents.
Developers create Actors using JavaScript, Python, or Crawlee (Apify's open-source crawling library), then publish them to the Store. When other users run your Actor, you earn money. Apify manages the infrastructure, handles payments, and processes monthly payouts to thousands of active developers.
Apify Store offers ready-to-use solutions for common use cases: extracting data from Amazon, Google Maps, and social platforms; monitoring prices; generating leads; and much more.
Under the hood, Actors automatically manage proxy rotation, CAPTCHA solving, JavaScript-heavy pages, and headless browser orchestration. The platform scales on demand with 99.95% uptime and maintains SOC2, GDPR, and CCPA compliance.
For workflow automation, Apify connects to Zapier, Make, n8n, and LangChain. The platform also offers an MCP server, enabling AI assistants like Claude to discover and invoke Actors programmatically.
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Windsurf Editor
Windsurf is a cutting-edge IDE designed for developers to maintain focus and productivity through AI-driven assistance. At the heart of the platform is Cascade, an intelligent agent that not only fixes bugs and errors but also anticipates potential issues before they arise. With built-in features for real-time code previews, automatic linting, and seamless integrations with popular tools like GitHub and Slack, Windsurf streamlines the development process. Developers can also benefit from memory tracking, which helps Cascade recall past work, and smart suggestions that enhance code optimization. Windsurf’s unique capabilities ensure that developers can work faster and smarter, reducing onboarding time and accelerating project delivery.
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GeoPandas
GeoPandas is a community-driven open-source initiative designed to simplify the handling of geospatial data within Python. By expanding upon the data types available in pandas, GeoPandas facilitates spatial operations on geometric data types. The library utilizes shapely for executing geometric functions, while it relies on fiona for file management and matplotlib for visualization purposes. The primary aim of GeoPandas is to streamline the process of working with geospatial data in Python. This tool integrates the functionalities of both pandas and shapely, allowing users to perform geospatial tasks seamlessly within the pandas framework and providing an accessible interface for various geometric operations through shapely. With GeoPandas, users can conduct operations in Python that typically would necessitate a spatial database like PostGIS. The project is supported, developed, and utilized by a diverse global community of individuals with varying expertise. It remains committed to being fully open-source, available for everyone to utilize, and is released under the permissive BSD-3-Clause license, ensuring its continued accessibility and growth. As such, GeoPandas serves as a powerful resource for anyone looking to work with geospatial data in a user-friendly manner.
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Visual Studio
Visual Studio by Microsoft is a complete ecosystem for professional developers, combining robust coding environments, integrated AI capabilities, and advanced collaboration tools. The flagship Visual Studio 2022 IDE delivers an all-in-one workspace with compilers, debuggers, designers, and performance profilers for .NET, C++, C#, and Azure development. Meanwhile, Visual Studio Code (VS Code) offers a lightweight yet powerful editor that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, ideal for web, JavaScript, Python, and container-based workflows. With GitHub Copilot integration, developers receive intelligent code completions, automated refactoring, and natural language explanations of complex logic. Agent Mode introduces an AI-driven assistant that can edit across files, execute builds, and resolve compile or test errors autonomously. Built-in tools like unit test generators, CI-aware policy enforcement, and style validation help ensure clean, testable, and secure code. Thousands of extensions from the Visual Studio Marketplace expand functionality for database, cloud, and DevOps workflows. Together, these platforms redefine productivity, helping teams code smarter and deliver innovation faster.
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