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Derek Johnson

Web Scraping & Anti-Bot Research Engineer Derek Johnson is a software engineer and technical researcher specializing in web scraping infrastructure, proxy networks, and anti-bot mitigation. With hands-on expertise in reverse-engineering detection systems like DataDome, PerimeterX, and Akamai, Derek creates empirical, benchmark-driven guides and product reviews for senior developers.

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Firecrawl Review 2026: API Features, Pricing and What to Actually Buy
Firecrawl review 2026: we tested Scrape, Crawl, Map, Search and Interact with real credits. 40/40 protected pages, from $0.99 per 1,000 pages.
November 3, 2026
ZenRows Review 2026: Pricing, Tests & Hidden Costs
TL;DR Zenrows offers 5 products ( Fetch, Extract, Batch, Browser Session, and Residential proxies), one API key, and one credit balance. Fetch is the core product, great for bypassing anti-bot solutions: 100% against product pages behind PerimeterX and Akamai, and 95% (19/20) against DataDome. The catch? Pages Zenrows bills as successful aren’t always useful, and […]
October 12, 2026

Derek Johnson

All articles by Derek Johnson

Firecrawl Review 2026: API Features, Pricing and What to Actually Buy

ZenRows Review 2026: Pricing, Tests & Hidden Costs