back when I did selenium (with python) I wait-ed for the wait for next page to load (html element becomes stale) and for textbox/checkbox/etc. you are selecting

back when I did selenium (with python) I wait-ed for the wait for next page to load (html element becomes stale) and for textbox/checkbox/etc. you are selecting to be present with a few tiny helper functions. That took most of the magic sleeps out although I still needed timeouts on the waits