Learn More About Augustas Pelakauskas
Senior Copywriter at Oxylabs
Augustas Pelakauskas is a Senior Copywriter at Oxylabs. Coming from an artistic background, he is invested in various creative ventures, the most recent being writing. After testing his abilities in freelance journalism, he transitioned to tech content creation.
From (geo)politics and history to military, tech, and space, Augustas can’t stay uninformed about domestic and global affairs even for an hour.
When at ease, he enjoys sunny outdoors and active recreation. As soon as the temperature allows and the frosty winter winds clear the way for spring, you can find Augustas cycling around his hometown. As it turns out, his bicycle is his fourth best friend.
When the harsh seasonalities force Augustas to stay home, he indulges in visual arts, DIY, photo editing, and cinema.
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How to Make a Web Crawler With Python
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2 min read
Random IP for Every Connection
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2025-02-06
4 min read
Learn how to run a Python script using a command line interface, integrated development environment, and interactive mode.
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3 min read
How to Scrape Google Scholar With Python
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5 min read
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The pros and cons of manual web scraping, web scraping APIs, and public APIs, as web data extraction is booming along with the explosion of AI solutions.
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OxyCon 2024: The Top Takeaways
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