Why I Built Shopify Ops
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.
Gabriel Kanev
product-minded maker, PhD researcher in user feedback analysis, open-source contributor.
Latest posts
Why Rise of Cultures Finally Lost Me
A genuinely good city-builder that never fixed its core problem - and then made a sequel instead. Here's where it broke.
What if We Just… Made Billionaires Fix Their Companies to Avoid Taxes?
A thought experiment: what if we tied wealth taxation to customer satisfaction metrics?
AI-Powered Cyberattack: When Bots Start Hacking Other Bots
Anthropic disclosed a large cyberattack almost entirely carried out by AI - a preview of what automated offensive security looks like.
SOC 2: Lessons Learned from My Duck-ups
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.
Debunking the Myths: What SEO Professionals Need to Know About AI and LLMs
Think critically before purchasing any AI SEO service. Ask detailed questions and verify the expertise of people you'll work with.
When Your AI Support Bot Becomes the Attack Surface
RAG-based chatbots are vulnerable to knowledge base poisoning - and the attack success rates in research are alarming.
Google Is Sinking the Pixel Lineup + Android
The Pixel 10's performance problems, hardware quality issues, and Android's looming sideloading restrictions are all symptoms of the same disease.
Why Digital Preservation Is Failing
Between platform migrations, AI content floods, and the structural impossibility of archiving the modern web, we're losing more than we realize.
Anthropic Just Dropped One of the Best Technical Posts on Multi-Agent AI Systems
Anthropic's engineering post on their multi-agent research system is required reading for anyone building with AI.
My Guide on AI Model Providers in 2025 (April/May): My Hands-On Experience
A practical comparison of Gemini, Claude, Grok, OpenAI, and Mistral based on real production use.
Open Source Forking: Now What?
Forking might seem attractive, but the hidden costs - fragmentation, drift, and maintenance overhead - often outweigh the benefits.
Windows Chaos Before and After Update: What Happened and How We Survived
A Windows 11 laptop became inaccessible after the April 2025 update. Here's how we got in, what we learned, and what to do before it happens to you.
TensorFlow, Docker and GPUs: My Windows 11 Nightmare Solved
Two days of fighting TensorFlow GPU setup on Windows 11. Docker saved me - here's what I built and why it works.
macOS Sequoia Spotlight Bug
Spotlight on macOS Sequoia is writing up to 26TB per night to disk. Here's how to disable it before it kills your SSD.
Been Building Products for 10 Years, Here's What I've Really Learned
A decade in product development has taught me that most startup advice is wrong. Here's what actually matters.
Mp4, Safari, and Cloudflare – a Love-Hate Relationship
Why your videos break on Safari and iOS when served through Cloudflare, and five ways to fix it.
Nothing's Philosophy – OnePlus Problems but with a Cooler Design
I wanted Nothing to be the iPhone of Android. After a year with the Phone 2, here's why I gave up.
"PlanetScale forever" – my 2 cents
PlanetScale killed their free tier and laid off staff in the same breath. Here's why that matters, and where to go instead.
Trying Out the Monochrome on My Smartphone
Enabling grayscale mode on Android to reduce screen time - the goal, the method, and whether it works.
Resizing an Amazon EC2 Instance
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.
Made by Google
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.
Why I Stopped My Phone Notifications and Why It Is a Bad Thing
Disabling all notifications sounds liberating. In practice, it's more nuanced - here's my selective approach.
No Code Apps and Everything "Good" About Them
No-code platforms promise to democratize development. Here's why they often fail businesses that try to scale on them.
My Marketing Predictions for 2023
Ten predictions for the marketing industry in 2023 - most of them cynical, all of them honest.
Online Education
COVID forced schools online overnight. Here's what tools actually worked, and what to avoid when teaching remotely.
Fresh Start
A new website, a new attempt at a blog, and a static site generator that turned out to be more work than expected.