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In Poland everything found in the ground belongs to the nation treasury (government) and performing excavation in order to look for things like this is illegal without specific permit. So if you find something you either stash it and don't talk about it or it goes to museums.
That's awesome! It made me a bit nostalgic, thinking back to the first program I ever wrote. It was a WoW bot that walked between the mailbox and the auction house, manipulating auction prices. The bot would drive the glyph prices to the bottom by lowering the lowest price by just 1 bronze to always be the cheapest when sorted by price. Then, it would buy up the entire market stock and offer everything for 50 gold each, starting the cycle again. It was glue code between Lua extensions and xdotool, all written in Bash, running WoW under Wine on Linux. The bot was pulling in about 20K gold per day on a single account.
The fun part is, I was 14 years old and had zero programming knowledge at the time—just a feeling that this process could be automated and access to Google. The bot was reading the game state by capturing specific parts of the screen and comparing MD5 checksums of where the buttons were supposed to appear. I used xdotool for mouse and keyboard input, along with in-game settings like Lua command execution inside the game console to target specific NPCs or mailboxes and click to move. It probably pushed me toward pursuing a career in this industry.
Like this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten-salt_battery
Btw touristic heaters are based on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_acetate and that's also energy storage
micropython supports esp32 too
I checked droidcam before and AFAIK it solves the problem of using adnroid device as webcam using server and client apps.
I want to expose low level camera capabilities like manual focus controll, capturing raw images, iso, etc. DroidCam exposes only subset of functionality I need.
In short i want it to be more like programmable controlled digital camera than webcam.
BTW scrcpy offers similar features trough adb to DroidCam.
I'm working on android app that exposes camera stack trough http/websocket API.
The idea is that phones have very nice cameras and lot of media processing power and such API could enable hackers to easily incorporate capable camera stack in to their projects without android development experience in any language they like.
There are millions of working phones in the drawers battery backed, with plenty of computing power, nice cameras, hardware acceleration, good connectivity (WiFi, ethernet over usb), that could get new purpose.
Previously I was working on automated photogrammetry rig and this is perfect use case for that.
If you see other use case for such API share your ideas.
If you think that's cool idea to develop and would like to help write me at hn@zelo.pl
Location: Poland / Europe
Remote: Preferred
Willing to relocate: Maybe
Technologies: Python, Django, Flask, FastAPI, Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Appium, jMeter, locust.io, Docker, CI/CD, Git, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Linux, Quality Assurance, Mobile and Browser Automation, Performance Testing, Industrial Automation, IoT Testing, Hardware testing
Résumé/CV: Available on request
Email: hn@zelo.pl
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wojciechzelek/
I am looking for opportunities where I can bring my Python development and QA automation skills to life. My experience includes leading the implementation of an underwriting engine in fintech, creating several products for classical musicians, developing an MVP for a cargo tracking product, hacking LTE modems for high-quality residential proxies, writing drivers/automation for testing sensors on robust electrical motors or using python for programmatic model generation in CAD. I am passionate about backend development, testing automation and hacking stuff for fun and profit. I thrive on diving into innovative projects and driving impactful solutions, especially when some physical aspect (e.g. hardware) is involved. While I prefer remote roles, I am open to relocating for the right opportunity.
Although it happened in 2020 It's still their current flagship 140 usd keyboard, not legacy product.
But I understand that it could make support logistic harder to offer parts that shouldn't need to be replaced.
I put my Logitech MX keyboard in the bag with few other things and one of the keycap broke off. Completely my fault. Since the key mechanism was intact I have told their support what happened and asked if they sell replacement keycaps and got completely new keyboard for free.
Great support but I was left with mixed feelings since I still had almost completely working keyboard and I think the experience would be better if they would send me just the keycap.
Location: Poland / Europe
Remote: Preferred
Willing to relocate: Maybe
Technologies: Python, Django, Flask, FastAPI, Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Appium, jMeter, locust.io, Docker, Jenkins, Git, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Linux, DevOps, Quality Assurance, Mobile and Browser Automation, Performance Testing, Industrial Automation, IoT Testing, Hardware testing
Résumé/CV: Available on request
Email: hn@zelo.pl
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wojciechzelek/
Looking for opportunities where I can bring my Python development and QA automation skills to life. I've worked across a broad range of industries—fintech, music, cargo tracking, and industrial automation. I'm all about backend development, testing automation, and diving into innovative projects. Prefer remote roles, but I'm open to relocating for the right opportunity.
Location: Poland / Europe
Remote: Preferred
Willing to relocate: Maybe
Technologies: Python, Django, Flask, FastAPI, Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Appium, jMeter, locust.io, Docker, Jenkins, Git, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Linux, DevOps, Quality Assurance, Mobile and Browser Automation, Performance Testing, Industrial Automation, IoT Testing, Hardware testing
Résumé/CV: Available on request
Email: hn@zelo.pl
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wojciechzelek/
Looking for opportunities where I can bring my Python development and QA automation skills to life. I've worked across a broad range of industries—fintech, music, cargo tracking, and industrial automation—to deliver scalable, efficient solutions. I'm all about backend development, testing automation, and diving into innovative projects. Prefer remote roles, but I'm open to relocating for the right opportunity.
Maybe that will interest you https://80.lv/articles/kiri-engine-creates-meshes-from-3d-ga...
Location: Europe
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies:
- Quality Assurance: Browser Automation (Selenium WebDriver, Playwright), Mobile Automation (Appium), Performance Testing (jMeter, locust.io), CI/CD(Jenkins, drone.io, CircleCI, GitLab CI), Faking External Services, HTTP, XPath
- Python Development: Web Frameworks (django, django rest framework, flask, falcon), Web Scraping (Scrapy, Mechanize, Requests), Pandas, Celery, AsyncIO
- Other: HTML, CSS, Web Bots Detection Avoidance
- Dev Ops: Linux Administration, Docker (docker compose), Virtualization (qemu), bash
Email: See contact info in resume
I'm quality assurance / backend engineer with broad knowledge about entire application stack and experience in more complex automated test setups. Looking for interesting project to work on.
Location: Europe
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies:
- Quality Assurance: Browser Automation (Selenium WebDriver, Capybara, Protractor), Mobile Automation (Appium), Performance Testing (jMeter, locust.io), CI/CD(Jenkins, drone.io, CircleCI, GitLab CI), Faking External Services, HTTP, XPath
- Python Development: Web Frameworks (django, django rest framework, flask, falcon), Web Scraping (Scrapy, Mechanize, Requests), Pandas, Celery, AsyncIO
- Other: HTML, CSS, Web Bots Detection Avoidance
- Dev Ops: Linux Administration, Docker (docker compose), Virtualization (qemu), bash
Email: See contact info in resume
I'm quality assurance / backend engineer with broad knowledge about entire application stack and experience in more complex automated test setups.
Location: Poland/Europe
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Python, Linux, Docker, Selenium, Django, Flask
Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tTnYRdOFWgLh-pB1FGbOaLGtgdH...
Email: See contact info in resume
I'm experienced qa/backend engineer with broad knowledge about entire application stack, currently looking for opportunity to connect those two areas and solve more challenging quality assurance problems.
I use nomachine behind vpn and it works much smoother than teamviewer. It's multiplatform and free for personal use.
I had a problem with not charging booting mi notebook pro and managed to fix it by unplugging battery for few minutes. It happened to me twice in 1.5 years of usage.
I still recommend this device. Currently I'm forced to use macbook pro 15 with touchbar and it's ergonomy is really awful.
Location: Cracow, Poland
Remote: Yes (I don't mind on-site meet-ups from time to time)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Web Frameworks (Django, django rest framework, Flask, Falcon), Web Scraping (Scrapy, Mechanize, Requests), Pandas, Celery, AsyncIO, Redis, PostgreSQL, Linux, Docker, Docker Compose, Qemu, Browser Automation (Selenium WebDriver, Capybara, Protractor, Puppeteer), Mobile Automation (Appium), Performance Testing (jMeter, locust.io), CI/CD(Jenkins, drone.io), Faking External Services
Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10bKQF_DxoauGhZvRn5UVWS4cNd0...
Email: It's on CV
I'm looking for a position as a Python Developer or Quality Assurance Engineer.
Selenium for sure doesn't fit in your use case then :). I pointed "user-centric approach" because selenium focuses on allowing only things normal user could do in normal user way which is limiting for automation but it's a blessing if you want to look as close to the real user as you can. I worked on solving google ReCaptcha v2/v3 at bigger scale and it's been a solid advantage.
And javascript code in a string of python can not be linted, which increases debugging workload.
If you use PyCharm or any other JetBrains IDE you can use `Language Injections` [0]
I am wondering if using puppeteer can ease pains mentioned above.
I'm not sure about puppeteer but Chrome DevTools Protocol [1] (I think this is what puppeteer use under the hood, but I'm not sure) may be interesting for you because it gives low level access to browser mechanisms like injecting code before page load, request interception or separate browser contexts between separate tabs.
[0] https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/using-language-inject...
It's probably because in the meantime dom nodes has been replaced by new ones.
Selenium has it's quirks but when you understand how it works and it's limitations and user centric philosophy there is nothing that can stop you from writing rock solid stable tests.
I'm working on Xiaomi Notebook Pro 15" i7-8550U/16GB/256SSD (+ one empty slot for ssd)/Nvidia MX150. I'm using it with Ubuntu for python development and it costed me around 1200$. Battery life is around 8h of work in PyCharm (Jetbrains IDE based on the same technology as android studio). I know that some people overclock gpu under windows because of cooling capacity. I'm overally very satisfied and recommend it if you are willing to have notebook without warranty.
I'm pretty sure that Jimmy Joy (Joylent) is still better-balanced food than what you prepare in a house or buy in a restaurant.
Location: Poland (EU), Cracow
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: linux, python, django, scrapy, bash, selenium, appium, html, css
Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5vXwnjEbr0IR1NKb0R6ejdxcDV...
Email: hr@zelo.pl
Seeking job as QA or DevOps/WebDev engineer.