Firecrawl Alternative: Same API, 5.5x Faster, Self-Hostable. The migration takes 5 minutes. Here's why. CRW implements a Firecrawl-compatible API. Same endpoints, same response format. You change one line — the base URL — and everything works. Before: const client = new FirecrawlApp({ apiUrl: "https://api.firecrawl.dev" }) After: const client = new FirecrawlApp({ apiUrl: "http://localhost:3002" }) That's it. No SDK changes. No schema migration. No rewrite. But the numbers change dramatically: Latency: - Firecrawl: 4,600ms avg - CRW: 833ms avg (5.5x faster) RAM: - Firecrawl: ~500MB - CRW: 6.6MB (75x less) Content coverage: - Firecrawl: 77.2% - CRW: 92% Docker image: - Firecrawl: 2GB+ - CRW: 8MB Cold start: - CRW: 85ms Plus: - Fully open source (AGPL-3.0) - Self-hostable on any infrastructure - Built-in MCP server for AI agent integration - No API keys, no rate limits, no vendor lock-in If you're hitting Firecrawl's rate limits, paying for usage you could self-host, or need lower latency — the switch is one line of code. github.com/us/crw | fastcrw.com #FirecrawlAlternative #WebScraping #OpenSource #SelfHosted #DevTools
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Update: Pulsedive now has a dedicated documentation site with a complete API reference, live playgrounds, and MCP server support for AI-assisted development. Check it out: https://lnkd.in/eGX8JUm4 Announcement: https://lnkd.in/egDhks4t
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Had this same thought for some time. Not only code, comercial llms also benefit from interacting with highly qualified and experienced engineers sharing their thoughts and correcting llms. In effect llms are now being trained by distilled knowledge of product engineers from all product companies. The winners at the end of speed run phase of comercial llms will be the those companies that created and operate the models.
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This is huge for Cloudflare! Our team at Vigilbase is already exploring how we can leverage the Cloudflare CLI via our Aegis agentic platform, to help customers manage their Cloudflare resources at light speed. Keep an eye out for news soon! 👀
For developers building the "Agentic Web," observability is the biggest hurdle. When an AI agent executes code in a remote sandbox, you need the same level of control you have on your local machine. Today we’re launching the Cloudflare CLI and Local Explorer. These tools provide a bridge between your local development environment and our global edge, allowing for real-time debugging, terminal access, and filesystem inspection of AI agent workloads. #AgentsWeek https://cfl.re/4tHEyB5
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How do you take a single-tenant open-source MCP service and make it work for a multi-tenant managed platform, without forking the code? Wrap, don't fork. In his latest deep dive, Software Engineer Amin Ghadersohi walks through how Preset extended the Apache Superset™ open-source MCP service with the enterprise layers needed to bring AI-native analytics to production: → Multi-tenant workspace isolation: every MCP request is routed to the correct workspace with complete data isolation → Enterprise authentication: JWT + OAuth 2.0 (PKCE) via Auth0, supporting both programmatic and interactive workflows like Claude Desktop → Production deployment: dedicated K8s pods with HPA, session affinity, Datadog observability, and per-workspace feature gating The best part? Zero divergence from open source. Every improvement upstream flows directly to Preset customers. Read more: https://hubs.li/Q04ccgQG0 #mcp #apachesuperset #ai #dataanalytics #opensource #enterpriseai
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Worth reading for anyone building real AI systems with MCP. The article is practical, detailed, and focused on what it takes to connect agents to production systems rather than keeping the discussion abstract. This matches a lot of what I see while working on NLQ, MCP servers, and agent services. In practice, the design choice is usually driven by end requirements — especially latency, cost, reliability, and action boundaries. Very often, the better path is a minimal MCP server plus clearly defined skills, not a wide-open tool surface. And when that is combined with AG-UI and a strong MCP app/host approach, it creates the foundation for a much better user experience. https://lnkd.in/dKsc77Wi
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