The new faster, safer sandbox that powers ScraperWiki is now fully rolled out to all users. You should find running and developing scrapers and views faster than before, and that you’re using much more recent versions of Ruby, Python and associated libraries. Thank you to everyone, and there were lots of you, who helped us beta […]
A faster, safer sandbox to play in
When programmers first hear about ScraperWiki, their initial reaction is often “what! you let anyone edit general purpose code and run it on your servers!”. The answer is that, yes, we do, but in an isolated environment. Your own “sandbox” if you like, where you can safely build castles without knocking others over. Or, as […]