Building a RuneScape Bot
How I reverse-engineered RuneScape's obfuscated client and built a bot framework that survived weekly updates.
Mohammad Abu Aboud
Co-founder & CTO of Activepieces. Builder of tools that save people time.
I didn't set out to become a programmer. I set out to stop clicking. That was RuneScape, 2012.
Now I build Activepieces, an open-source automation platform for businesses. We went through Y Combinator in S22. Before that, Google in Munich and Amazon in Amman.
At home, I'm a father to one daughter.
Writing
RuneScape Taught Me to Code
I didn't set out to learn programming. I just wanted to stop clicking.
How Competitive Programming Shaped How I Code
Years of algorithmic contests left habits that still show up in how I approach engineering problems today.
Work
Software Engineer III — Google ChromeOS
Sep 2021 – Jun 2022 · Munich
Software Development Engineer — Amazon
Sep 2020 – Aug 2021 · Amman
Site Reliability Engineer Intern — Google
Jun 2019 – Sep 2019 · Dublin
Google Cloud persistent disks. Built internal debugging and monitoring tools in C++.
Projects
Open-source automation platform. Self-hostable, extensible, built for teams that don't want to be locked in.
Liquid Automation
Open-source RuneScape automation bot. Reverse-engineered obfuscated game code to simulate user input.
Education
Y Combinator — S22
BS Computer Science — Princess Sumaya University for Technology
2016 – 2020 · Amman
Graduated with distinction (86.4). Full-merit scholarship for representing the university in international competitions.