Luke Askew
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Luke Askew
Founder of Social Fetch. Writes about social-data APIs, reliability, and the production incidents that forced better timeouts, envelopes, and billing.
- Social data APIs
- Reliability
- API design
- TypeScript
Posts by Luke Askew
Pinterest API pricing in 2026 (what you pay)
How Pinterest API access works for developers and advertisers, and when a public pin-data API is cheaper for enrichment.
Effect in production at Social Fetch
How Social Fetch uses Effect's typed errors, Schema validation, Schedule retries, and bounded concurrency to tame a dozen unreliable platform APIs.
Best Hacker News APIs & scrapers in 2026
Compare Hacker News data APIs for search, feeds, stories, comments, users, and hiring — Social Fetch vs DIY, Apify, and scrapers.
Best Truth Social APIs & scrapers in 2026
Compare Truth Social data APIs for public profiles and posts — Social Fetch vs DIY scrapers, Apify actors, and the official app.
Reddit API pricing in 2026 (what you pay)
How Reddit API pricing works for free vs commercial access, and when a public-data API is cheaper for research and monitoring.
X API Pricing: Official vs Public Data
What Twitter/X API access costs in 2026. Official credits vs a cheaper public-data API for profiles, tweets, and search.
Best Twitter API alternatives in 2026
Compare Twitter / X APIs for profiles, tweets, and search — official X pricing vs scrapers and sync REST (Social Fetch, Apify, and more).
Best Reddit APIs in 2026: official vs REST
Compare Reddit APIs for subreddits, posts, comments, and search — official Reddit pricing vs Social Fetch, Apify, PRAW, and scrapers.
Best YouTube Transcript & Data APIs (2026)
See which YouTube transcript and data API to use: Google v3, Social Fetch, or Apify. Coverage, pricing, and a free caption tool.
Best Instagram scrapers & data APIs in 2026
Compare Instagram scrapers and data APIs for profiles, reels, comments, and transcripts — Social Fetch vs HikerAPI, Apify, Bright Data, and more.
Best TikTok scrapers & data APIs in 2026
Compare TikTok scrapers and data APIs for profiles, videos, Shop, search, and transcripts. Social Fetch vs EnsembleData, Apify, Bright Data, and more.
Best Facebook Data APIs (2026)
Graph vs scrapers vs REST for pages, posts, groups, Marketplace, and Ad Library. See which Facebook API to buy.