# Anas El Mhamdi's Blog - Full Content Index

> Personal blog of Anas El Mhamdi, a data engineer writing about web scraping, automation, growth hacking, and building scalable systems.

## About

Anas El Mhamdi is a data engineer (formerly growth engineer) who writes technical tutorials and guides. Topics include web scraping, automation, unofficial APIs, growth hacking, AWS/serverless architectures, and proxy management.

## Contact

- Website: https://anas.link
- Email: me@anas.link
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anaselmhamdi/

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## Articles

### Web Scraping & Proxies

#### An AWS Hack for Cheap and Reliable Proxies
URL: https://anas.link/post/aws-hack-for-cheap-and-reliable-proxies
A technique for leveraging AWS Lambda cold starts to rotate IP addresses for web scraping tasks without expensive proxy services.

#### Scraping with Tor
URL: https://anas.link/post/scraping-with-tor
Guide to using Tor for anonymous web scraping.

#### When, Why, and How to Scrape with Proxies
URL: https://anas.link/post/when-why-how-to-scrape-with-proxies
Comprehensive guide to proxy usage in web scraping projects.

#### Go vs Python for Web Scraping: What's Better?
URL: https://anas.link/post/go-vs-python-for-web-scraping-whats-better
Comparison of Go and Python for web scraping use cases.

### Automation & APIs

#### Automate Stuff You're Not Supposed To: An Intro to Unofficial APIs
URL: https://anas.link/post/automate-stuff-you-are-not-supposed-to-an-intro-to-unofficial-apis
How to leverage unofficial APIs—reverse-engineered integrations—to automate processes on platforms that lack official API access.

#### Automated Follow Ups: Make the Most Out of Your CRM
URL: https://anas.link/post/automated-follow-ups
How to maximize CRM value through automated follow-up systems that help sales teams prioritize deal closure over manual prospect management.

#### Creating a Custom Dashboard Without Integration or API: The ProspectIn Use Case
URL: https://anas.link/post/creating-a-custom-dashboard-without-integration-or-api-the-prospectin-use-case
Building a custom dashboard that aggregates data from multiple SDR accounts using Zapier, webhooks, MongoDB, and Retool.

#### Tackling Prospects Ghosting with HubSpot and Direct Voicemail
URL: https://anas.link/post/tackling-prospects-ghosting-with-hubspot-and-direct-voicemail
Strategies to re-engage prospects using HubSpot automation and voicemail drops.

### AWS & Serverless

#### Create an API in 2 Minutes with AWS Lambda and Serverless
URL: https://anas.link/post/create-your-own-api-in-2-minutes-aws-lambda-serverless
A quick guide to rapidly developing APIs using AWS Lambda and the Serverless framework.

#### How to Build a Website from Scratch Under the AWS Free Tier (Part I: Front)
URL: https://anas.link/post/build-a-website-from-scratch-part-1
Tutorial for hosting and distributing a website frontend using AWS S3, CloudFront, and Route 53.

#### How to Build a Website from Scratch Under the AWS Free Tier (Part II: Back)
URL: https://anas.link/post/build-a-website-from-scratch-part-2
Constructing a serverless backend using AWS Lambda and the Serverless framework.

### Growth & Sales

#### The Cold Mailing Deliverability Checklist
URL: https://anas.link/post/deliverability-checklist
Comprehensive guide to improving email deliverability for cold mailing campaigns, achieving 60%+ open rates.

#### The Mom Test Takeaways
URL: https://anas.link/post/the-mom-test-takeaways
Key insights from "The Mom Test" book on customer development and validation.

### Machine Learning

#### Detecting Sponsored Content in YouTube Videos
URL: https://anas.link/post/detecting-sponsored-content-in-youtube-videos
Using machine learning to automatically detect sponsored content in YouTube videos using NLP techniques.

### Other

#### Webflow Bulk Redirections: The Video
URL: https://anas.link/post/webflow-bulk-redirections-the-video
Video tutorial on managing bulk redirects in Webflow.