# Gabriel Kanev > Source: https://gkanev.com/posts/3/ > Machine-readable version - 2026-09-06 --- Skip to main contentESC# Posts Things I’ve tried, problems I’ve spent too long fixing, and opinions on software, AI, hardware, and working on products. Some of these are guides. Others are me getting something off my chest. - June 11, 2024## Nothing's Philosophy – OnePlus Problems but with a Cooler Design [Hardware](/category/Hardware/)I wanted Nothing to be the iPhone of Android. After a year with the Phone 2, here's why I gave up. - March 13, 2024## "PlanetScale forever" – my 2 cents [Software](/category/Software/)PlanetScale killed their free tier and laid off staff in the same breath. Here's why that matters, and where to go instead. - January 22, 2024## Trying Out the Monochrome on My Smartphone [Life hacks](/category/Life%20hacks/)Enabling grayscale mode on Android to reduce screen time - the goal, the method, and whether it works. - August 17, 2023## Resizing an Amazon EC2 Instance [Software](/category/Software/)Resizing an EBS-backed EC2 instance is simpler than it used to be. Here's what to check and how to do it without causing downtime. - July 21, 2023## Made by Google [Software](/category/Software/)Google has killed ~290 products. The anxiety of building on services that might vanish is real - and it's changing how I think about infrastructure. - June 7, 2023## Why I Stopped My Phone Notifications and Why It Is a Bad Thing [Life hacks](/category/Life%20hacks/)Disabling all notifications sounds liberating. In practice, it's more nuanced - here's my selective approach. - April 9, 2023## No Code Apps and Everything "Good" About Them [Software](/category/Software/)No-code platforms promise to democratize development. Here's why they often fail businesses that try to scale on them. - January 15, 2023## My Marketing Predictions for 2023 [Marketing](/category/Marketing/)Ten predictions for the marketing industry in 2023 - most of them cynical, all of them honest. - October 30, 2020## Online Education [Personal thoughts](/category/Personal%20thoughts/)COVID forced schools online overnight. Here's what tools actually worked, and what to avoid when teaching remotely. - October 2, 2020## Fresh Start [Personal thoughts](/category/Personal%20thoughts/)A new website, a new attempt at a blog, and a static site generator that turned out to be more work than expected. ## Navigation - [About](/about-me/) - [Uses](/uses/) - [Now](/now/) - [Resources & Guides](/resources-and-guides/) - [Speaking](/speaking/) - [Writing](/posts/) - [Work & Experience](/work/) - [Projects](/projects/) - [Books](/books/) - [Research Publications](/research-publications/) - [Contact me](/contact-me/) - [Software (17)](/category/Software/) - [AI (7)](/category/AI/) - [Personal thoughts (7)](/category/Personal%20thoughts/) - [Software Industry (5)](/category/Software%20Industry/) - [Security (4)](/category/Security/) - [Web (3)](/category/Web/) - [Open Source (2)](/category/Open%20Source/) - [IT Industry (2)](/category/IT%20Industry/) - [Hardware (2)](/category/Hardware/) - [Life hacks (2)](/category/Life%20hacks/) - [Ecommerce (1)](/category/Ecommerce/) - [Gaming (1)](/category/Gaming/) - [Backups (1)](/category/Backups/) - [Online (1)](/category/Online/) - [Marketing (1)](/category/Marketing/) - [← Previous](/posts/2/) - [3](/posts/3/) - [Design Kit](/design-kit/) - [FAQ](/faq/) - [Sitemap](/sitemap/) - [Sustainability](/sustainability/) - [Product Strategy](/product-strategy/) - [Consulting](/consulting/) - [Performance Audits](/performance-audits/) - [Audits & Assessments](/audits/) - [Sponsoring](/sponsoring/) - [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/mrgkanev/) - [X (formerly Twitter)](https://twitter.com/mrgkanev/) - [GitHub](https://github.com/mrgkanev/) - [YouTube](https://youtube.com/@mrgkanev/) - [RSS](/rss.xml) - [Atom](/atom.xml) - [JSON Feed](/feed.json) - [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy/) - [Terms & Conditions](/terms-and-conditions/) - [Accessibility](/accessibility-statement/) --- Generated by astro-inference | https://gkanev.com/llms.txt