TypeSafe AI complains about cookie pop-ups, asks what should be automated next
TypeSafe AI reposted Lightpanda's post about embedding Jev into the binary and using judge() to determine whether a page has real content, and commented that cookie pop-ups are a terrible design, asking in return what should be automated away next.
View original postWe put Jev inside the Lightpanda binary and built judge() on top of it. @typesafeai No more sending a whole page to an LLM just to find out it's a cookie banner. > Blocked pages, CAPTCHAs, cookie walls, logins, paywalls, error pages, empty searches and pages still loading can all return an HTTP 200 > judge() asks a set of predefined questions and tells you if the page has real content, and what kind: article, listing, product or docs > One call, ~0.2s In the video: > 30 sites, ~14s total > Lightpanda backs off when rate-limited, accepts cookie walls, and keeps or skips each page
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We put Jev inside the Lightpanda binary and built judge() on top of it. @typesafeai No more sending a whole page to an LLM just to find out it's a cookie banner. > Blocked pages, CAPTCHAs, cookie walls, logins, paywalls, error pages, empty searches and pages still loading can all return an HTTP 200 > judge() asks a set of predefined questions and tells you if the page has real content, and what kind: article, listing, product or docs > One call, ~0.2s In the video: > 30 sites, ~14s total > Lightpanda backs off when rate-limited, accepts cookie walls, and keeps or skips each page
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let's be real, cookie banners were a terrible idea
what should get automated away next?