Via siderea | The Austrian Grocery Price Comparison Website Story [tech, law, Austria]:

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Over on Mastodon, programmer Mario Zechner gives a first person account of how his exasperation with his government’s (Austria) corruption and ineptitude led to him preempting a government web development boondoggle, and subsequently unearthing a whole world of anti-competitive illegal grocery pricing and precipitating federal antitrust action. A heartwarming story of screenscraping, data science, and international amity.

2023 Sept 15: Mario Zechner [personal profile] [email protected] : https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@badlogic/111071396799790275