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2026-10 Call me Ahab: Webscraping tooling, approaches and dataset obsession

Name: 2026-10 Call me Ahab: Webscraping tooling, approaches and dataset obsession
Start: 2026-10-28T23:30:00.000Z
Location: Platform Calgary

Wed, Oct 28 · 5:30 p.m.MDT

Platform Calgary · Calgary

**Presentation - Call me Ahab: Webscraping tooling, approaches and obsession with white whale datasets** Webscraping isn't one thing, or done for one reason. Drawing on scrapers built in very differe…

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Wed, Oct 28 · 5:30 p.m.MDT

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Platform Calgary407 9 Ave SE, Calgary, AB

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Date and time: Wed, Oct 28 · 5:30 p.m.MDT — local Calgary time
Location: Platform Calgary407 9 Ave SE, Calgary, ABCalgary

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**Presentation - Call me Ahab: Webscraping tooling, approaches and obsession with white whale datasets**

Webscraping isn't one thing, or done for one reason. Drawing on scrapers built in very different forms, from once-a-minute API pollers to fleets that run for years to keep full mirrors, this talk breaks webscraping down across spectra and considerations. Its opportunity is as wide as the internet, and it gets harder to reach every year. Unbounded wants come with unbounded costs: time, effort, money, and risk.

We'll cover libraries and architectural choices, where agentic and ML tools can fit, and scaling traps. You might already have a white whale, too.

**Where:** Platform Calgary, East Annex

**When:** Wednesday, October 28, at 5:30 PM

**Schedule:**

5:30 - Pizza and Networking

6:00 - Presentations and Discussion

7:30 - Wrap up

**Presenter:**

Michael Moores (Consultant & Cybersecurity Educator) has spent years as a Senior Solutions Engineer in cybersecurity. His career has meander