Puppeteer vs Selenium for Modern Web Automation
Puppeteer's direct connection to Chrome beats Selenium's portability for pure speed.
Puppeteer's direct connection to Chrome beats Selenium's portability for pure speed.
A browser engine that renders without a visible window, driven by code instead of a mouse.
Running Playwright on Cloud Run requires building the container the right way.
Docker containers let Playwright run reliably on serverless platforms.
Co-location between agent and browser matters more than speed benchmarks suggest.
Edge deployment cuts latency and operational burden compared to centralized cloud functions.
Distributing browser execution across edge networks cuts latency and costs at scale.
AI agents demand browser infrastructure that scales without manual warm-up work.
V8 isolates eliminate cold starts by replacing containers with lightweight sandboxes.
Cloud platforms are taking the infrastructure pain out of browser automation for AI agents.
Infrastructure location determines browser automation performance for AI agents.
Hosted pools keep sessions alive across steps; serverless tears them down after each task.