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1. Sam Mitchell

   · Owner at KittenProperties · over 2 years ago
   Mixed feelings

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DeviantArt mentions (58)

• Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2024)

  DeviantArt | Senior Site Reliability Engineer/Senior DevOps Engineer/Senior Infrastructure Engineer | US/Canada - West Coast/Mountain Time (Fully REMOTE but must be in one of those time zones) or Tel Aviv Israel (ONSITE) | Full-Time | https://deviantart.com DeviantArt was founded in 2000 and has been a part of Wix since 2017. It is the largest online social network for artists and art enthusiasts. For emerging and... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Decided to grab this series, first book came as a comic… problem?

  My favorite source of "envisioning material," though, is the work that Mika Blackfield has done on deviantart.com:. Source: about 3 years ago

• Author Resources: A Non-Comprehensive Guide to Finding Non-AI Budget Cover Art

  Starving Artists: This is one of the options I encourage the most highly. Take the time to search out new, promising artists, ones without extensive careers. Their prices are lower- often immensely so! Finding good ones will be tricky, however- this is one of the ones where you'll need to spend a LOT of time browsing through various art sites looking. I recommend starting your search on deviantart.com and... Source: about 3 years ago

• Panthers Helmet Movie Shot

  The shot was black and white, the helmet was up risen by hand, and pretty sure it was posted on deviantart.com (a website which was popular like 15 years ago, haha). Source: about 3 years ago

• Sunamine29 strikes again, and her target appears to be… Tree.

  The WG drive had 11 parts. Go on deviantart.com and go to Sunamine29’s account, then go to “Gallery” and scroll left on the galleries until you find a gallery called “Tree and Remote WG Drive”. Source: over 3 years ago

Bright Data mentions (45)

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• The Economics of Web Scraping: How Consultancies Price Data Extraction and Manage Scope Creep

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• LinkedIn Scraping Is Dead: 5 Legal, ToS-Safe Alternatives That Actually Work in 2026

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