# Gabriel Kanev > Source: https://gkanev.com/posts/ > 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 9, 2026## Why I Built Shopify Ops [Software](/category/Software/)[Open Source](/category/Open%20Source/)[Ecommerce](/category/Ecommerce/)Shopify Ops started as a small Shopify vs ShipStation audit. It turned into a self-hosted operations toolkit for catching order, fulfillment, and catalog issues before customers do. - April 23, 2026## Your WooCommerce AI Chatbot Might Be Your Biggest Liability [Security](/category/Security/)[AI](/category/AI/)[Web](/category/Web/)ChatGPT wrapper plugins in WooCommerce stores have no guardrails for e-commerce context. Wrong prices, wrong policies, and hallucinations aren't just UX problems. - April 16, 2026## Why WooCommerce Stores Have 3 Attribute Plugins Doing the Same Job - and Why That's a Security Problem [Security](/category/Security/)[Web](/category/Web/)Plugin redundancy in WooCommerce isn't just technical debt - it actively expands your attack surface. Here's how it happens and what to do about it. - April 14, 2026## Why Rise of Cultures Finally Lost Me [Personal thoughts](/category/Personal%20thoughts/)[Gaming](/category/Gaming/)A genuinely good city-builder that never fixed its core problem - and then made a sequel instead. Here's where it broke. - March 16, 2026## WooCommerce Security Audit: The 12 Things I Check Before Anything Else [Security](/category/Security/)[Web](/category/Web/)A practical checklist of the first things I look at when auditing a WooCommerce store for security issues - from plugin bloat to exposed debug info. - January 13, 2026## What if We Just… Made Billionaires Fix Their Companies to Avoid Taxes? [Personal thoughts](/category/Personal%20thoughts/)[Software](/category/Software/)A thought experiment: what if we tied wealth taxation to customer satisfaction metrics? - December 15, 2025## AI-Powered Cyberattack: When Bots Start Hacking Other Bots [AI](/category/AI/)[Software](/category/Software/)[Software Industry](/category/Software%20Industry/)Anthropic disclosed a large cyberattack almost entirely carried out by AI - a preview of what automated offensive security looks like. - November 11, 2025## SOC 2: Lessons Learned from My Duck-ups [Security](/category/Security/)[Software](/category/Software/)[Backups](/category/Backups/)SOC 2 compliance isn't something you do once and forget - it's an ongoing quarterly effort. Here's what I learned the hard way. - November 10, 2025## Debunking the Myths: What SEO Professionals Need to Know About AI and LLMs [AI](/category/AI/)[IT Industry](/category/IT%20Industry/)[Personal thoughts](/category/Personal%20thoughts/)[Software Industry](/category/Software%20Industry/)Think critically before purchasing any AI SEO service. Ask detailed questions and verify the expertise of people you'll work with. - September 10, 2025## When Your AI Support Bot Becomes the Attack Surface [AI](/category/AI/)[Software Industry](/category/Software%20Industry/)RAG-based chatbots are vulnerable to knowledge base poisoning - and the attack success rates in research are alarming. ## 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/) - [2](/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