Wilson Lin at Cursor has been experimenting with a large fleet of autonomous coding agents, successfully building a web browser from scratch with over a million lines of code. The article details the approach, the resulting browser's functionality (and minor glitches), and its implications for AI-assisted software development.
Thorium is a Chromium-based browser that prioritizes speed and efficiency by stripping back unnecessary Google services and optimizing performance. It offers faster page loads, smoother scrolling, and lower CPU usage compared to Chrome, but has less frequent updates and potential DRM limitations.
A guide to common pitfalls and best practices when starting with Playwright and Python, covering topics like browser context, waiting strategies, and handling different environments.
>The Playwright MCP Chrome Extension allows you to connect to pages in your existing browser and leverage the state of your default user profile. This means the AI assistant can interact with websites where you're already logged in, using your existing cookies, sessions, and browser state, providing a seamless experience without requiring separate authentication or setup.
Extensions load unknown sites into invisible Windows. What could go wrong?
Notte is an open-source browser using an agent, designed to improve speed, cost, and reliability in web agent tasks through a perception layer that structures webpages for LLM consumption. It offers a full stack framework with customizable browser infrastructure, web scripting, and scraping endpoints.
Browser Use is a library that enables AI agents to interact with web browsers, making websites accessible for automated tasks. It includes features for browser automation, agent memory, and various demos showcasing its capabilities.
Learn how to set up LanguageTool, a private and offline grammar checker, using Docker.
An experiment using e-paper displays to show current weather, integrating hardware like ESP32 and Cloudflare Workers for software layers.
This article shares 6 lesser-known browser developer tools that can help developers debug their code effectively. These tools include breakpoints, performance profiling, responsive mode, Lighthouse, layers inspector, and console.notJustLog. The article also includes bonus tips on Node.js debugging and Next.js server-side debugging.
