A type-safe crawler API inspired by Firecrawl and built as a way to understand the core of crawling, extraction, caching, and pipeline design for myself.
QuickCrawl came from a different kind of motivation than Wealth Setu.
This one started with seeing a product that felt strong, opinionated, and well executed. Firecrawl made me want to understand the moving parts deeply enough that I could rebuild the core myself and make my own architectural choices along the way.
Why I built it
I was not trying to compete with Firecrawl. I wanted to study the shape of the problem by implementing it:
- fetching pages reliably
- extracting metadata
- converting HTML into useful Markdown
- caching expensive work
- rate limiting the system
- designing an API that stays easy to extend
What I focused on
- Type-safe request and response contracts.
- A workflow-based pipeline instead of a tangled utility layer.
- Bun and Hono for a fast, lightweight runtime.
- Documentation and architectural decision records so the reasoning stays visible.
What it says about how I build
QuickCrawl shows the "product-minded engineer" part of me from the technical side. I do not just like building features. I like understanding why a system is shaped the way it is, then testing how I would shape it myself.
