pawel orzech blog

May 2026

27.05.2026 → πŸ“·
20.05.2026 → There was something wrong with my YouTube Music account. It wasn't working properly with Sonos...
18.05.2026 → I'm not listening to that much music anymore, so we dropped Spotify. YouTube Music is...
18.05.2026 → Pixel 10 Pro in the household
16.05.2026 → πŸ“·
14.05.2026 → My iPhone 14 Plus already feels left behind
14.05.2026 → I made an app for Android. If you use fastmail - check it out. You...
12.05.2026 → got wifey on the other side of the fence and now we are here Google...
11.05.2026 → πŸ“·
03.05.2026 → sunday
03.05.2026 → πŸ“·
03.05.2026 → It took me... 20 years.

April 2026

30.04.2026 → I made an app (for Telegram mostly)
30.04.2026 → Just testing if this works... If it works - it should show up on Mastodon...
29.04.2026 → I made a calorie counter on Telegram. Why on Telegram? Cause I’m on Telegram most...
28.04.2026 → New one soon? Or just chip shortage?
26.04.2026 → Whoops, I did a thing. If you’re on Telegram, take a look!
18.04.2026 → New version of FastMask - Android app for managing Masked Emails in Fastmail is here....
17.04.2026 → I have an iPhone I’m using to test iOS apps and it’s a very old...
16.04.2026 → πŸ•
13.04.2026 → For the first time since I don’t even know when I have broken the glass...
12.04.2026 → This is just a test! But I’m going to leave it here since I don’t...
05.04.2026 → Too autistic to eat anything that’s on the table but I got my space food.
02.04.2026 → Coffee o’clock.
02.04.2026 → Google’s AI subscription came with 2TB of space, and now it’s 5TB for the same...
02.04.2026 → Paid for access to The Verge. All of the good stuff had paywall on it...

March 2026

31.03.2026 → Can this iPhone stop asking me to turn on facetime? I don’t want to use...
26.03.2026 → What I’m a fan of in the Android ecosystem is that you can make those...
26.03.2026 → OnePlus phones are bad in couple of different ways - the cameras are just bad...
24.03.2026 → New home screen who dis
24.03.2026 → I see so many apps on my phone that I should get rid off and...
24.03.2026 → Sometimes I think the hassle of getting out the current meta would be worth it....
23.03.2026 → How much would I fuck up if I would put LineageOS or something like it...
23.03.2026 → To me, boy’s dinner is 4x huel cause I don’t need to think about food...
22.03.2026 → Playing ROM hacks on original hardware is peak gaming. 🀌🀌🀌
20.03.2026 → I’v added screenshots of Swoosh (this name will have to change probably because otherwise Nike...
19.03.2026 → If you’ve ever used Ghost and missed an Android app - I gotchu. github.com/pawelorze…
14.03.2026 → I did a thing - because I don’t want to have to pay for my...
14.03.2026 → Dia is becoming better and better browser. This grouping? Very, very nice.
14.03.2026 → πŸ•
14.03.2026 → iOS 26.4 Beta Adds End-to-End Encryption for iPhone-to-Android RCS Texts - MacRumors I wouldn’t mind...
01.03.2026 → One cartridge works on my GBA but doesn't on GBA SP. I mean - the...

February 2026

21.02.2026 → A couple weeks ago I lost my mom to cancer. It has been rough, but...
20.02.2026 → But still, having them on Switch is great click!
20.02.2026 → Nintendo is releasing GBA classics on Switch soon. If you haven't played it - highly...
15.02.2026 → Miniflux is better than FreshRSS.
15.02.2026 → Things I didn't think I would ever say: 'I am a developer now.' The game...
14.02.2026 → I'm unstoppable. There's another GBA coming my way (a normal one with an IPS screen).
11.02.2026 → Hi!
02.02.2026 → Because this is getting ridiculous I'll take a look at what is costing me the...

January 2026

31.01.2026 → Agentic Development Thought: it’s now easy to translate the
31.01.2026 → Whenever I need a tool I just make one. A native Android app
27.01.2026 → That app is available for free on my github, enjoy!
27.01.2026 → I wanted to feel something (that we are getting more sunligh
25.01.2026 → πŸ“·
24.01.2026 → Since every single payment went through – I’ve got another f
23.01.2026 → I’m doing another app, this one is called TimeNudge.
23.01.2026 → I’m off today at work, so…
21.01.2026 → My new, favorite thing on my phone is my new app.
18.01.2026 → If anybody uses Memos (selfhosted notes app) and macOS – I m
18.01.2026 → My mission now is to bring Android Live Updates with support
18.01.2026 → The Itch continues.
18.01.2026 → The Itch.
17.01.2026 → I just wanted to say two things: If Google Play Console isn’t mistaken, 88 people...
16.01.2026 → Psssst…
08.01.2026 → Holy shit it’s happening.
06.01.2026 → 013758
03.01.2026 → This is an espensive computer
03.01.2026 → Be the change you want to see – even I complained about Andr
03.01.2026 → I’m quiet but I’m cooking. Zachary made me do it. Coming to

December 2025

28.12.2025 → 😍
24.12.2025 → Very basic widgets but that’s just the first step. Getting i
24.12.2025 → Widgets would be nice. Working on it, maybe I can finish the
24.12.2025 → I need some testers to test my notes app before I would be a
24.12.2025 → #desktop and #dock
23.12.2025 → Caved in and bought that Revolut premium plan. But only beca
20.12.2025 → Is LinageOS any good?
15.12.2025 → 144354
15.12.2025 → Still mourning losing Tot when moved from iOS to Android so
14.12.2025 → My github is wild. Love this change.
07.12.2025 → My Defaults (2025)
05.12.2025 → I’m glad we decided that Cloudflare should be the backbone o

November 2025

22.11.2025 → Got ’em.
21.11.2025 → I think I’m gonna get a MacBook Pro 14, M4 Pro with 24GB RAM
19.11.2025 → Me rn
16.11.2025 → If you know, you know.
14.11.2025 → Something is wrong. I’ve updated to OxygenOS 16 and lock scr
14.11.2025 → Never in a million years would I thought that this is how my
13.11.2025 → How can you even THINK about going back to phones that need
10.11.2025 → I’m becoming one of these people again. (Not going to wear i
09.11.2025 → It’s been a couple of months, and I’m still kind of amazed a
08.11.2025 → I was always using the highest resolution possible on my Mac
02.11.2025 → Phone so big with 4 icons in a row. Criminal.
02.11.2025 → Homescreen 11/25
02.11.2025 → The male urge to make retro gaming my whole identity
02.11.2025 → Side effect of me going all in on agentic code development –

October 2025

30.10.2025 → New domains who dis
16.10.2025 → Current homescreen.
10.10.2025 → neofetch
08.10.2025 → It seems like I’m just not a fan of Arch. Debian-based disro
05.10.2025 → Current status.
04.10.2025 → The bestest game.
04.10.2025 → Fuck ads.

September 2025

28.09.2025 → Doing it.
28.09.2025 → I wanted to try Omarchy but DHH. I’m not gonna try Omarchy t
22.09.2025 → Yesterday night I’ve made some nice (not so) little upgrades
21.09.2025 → I wanted to move off Fastmail and go deep into Google or som
20.09.2025 → I wanted to try Spark AI because Superhuman is so expensive
20.09.2025 → It might not look like it, but it’s much better.
20.09.2025 → This is where I can see this was made 20 years ago. This scr
15.09.2025 → I need either MX Master 4 to be released soon or Gods of Mic
14.09.2025 → Love this shit. Every Dan Brown’s book is like a drug to me.
13.09.2025 → 140420
10.09.2025 → Yesterday I made a tool that uses ChatGPT to read one specif
10.09.2025 → I haven’t been this indifferent about Apple event in a very
09.09.2025 → Iphone 17 Air has USB 2.0.
06.09.2025 → Superhuman is so good I want superhuman for everything now.
05.09.2025 → For the first time in my life – pokemon on DS.
05.09.2025 → FPGBC is a very good looking device.
04.09.2025 → Today has been a great day! My two Nintendo DS’s arrived, bu

August 2025

30.08.2025 → Ooops, Nintendo DS Lite is going to be here next week.
26.08.2025 → My new FPGBC will be here in about two weeks and I cannot wa
20.08.2025 → Paid for Claude Code and I’m mind-blown.
19.08.2025 → I dictated a stream of thoughts into chatgpt and made him ma
15.08.2025 → Uber Eats went with this navigation because of iOS 26 presum
12.08.2025 → I forgot how fun calorie counting is. It isn’t.
11.08.2025 → I weighed myself. Long story short, my calorie tracker is ba
10.08.2025 → Even though I have TWO retro consoles I still want to get a
05.08.2025 → O, didn’t even notice that but apparently my iPod has Wolfso
04.08.2025 → I think I need to write a full blown blog post on my move to
01.08.2025 → Evenings like these

July 2025

29.07.2025 → Three years ago today I married the best partner I could eve
23.07.2025 → I’m just very happy with my jump from iphone to Android and
17.07.2025 → Back on Android so of course I’m looking at custom roms for
16.07.2025 → Gemini CLI is out of this world. I’m vibe-coding shit I alwa
15.07.2025 → We went to Italy for the weekend, and I obviously took my ph
05.07.2025 → I am very happy to see more and more people leave iOS and ex
01.07.2025 → Everybody is saying that Android apps are of worse quality t

June 2025

30.06.2025 → At this point in my career, I’m using β€” and paying for β€” far
28.06.2025 → New peanut who dis
28.06.2025 → In the last 3 days I’ve accidentally used 150GB (100%) of my
28.06.2025 → Two things: the camera on the OnePlus 13 in Master Mode is a
28.06.2025 → OnePlus fast charging and battery life are out of this world
28.06.2025 → Whoops, new website.
27.06.2025 → Finally – on Pixel this private DNS was broken with NextDNS,
26.06.2025 → I hate how often mail.app just opens itself.
24.06.2025 → Our little girl in her new harness and leash!
24.06.2025 → I have hated Superhuman but honestly this is the fastest ema
22.06.2025 → At this point it happens every two months.
20.06.2025 → Yesterday I moved my fridge because doggo was curious about
19.06.2025 → Regular Thursday?
15.06.2025 → It’s only been a week but having a dog is the most rewarding
12.06.2025 → OnePlus’ official case – sandstone one – is really nice to t
10.06.2025 → A 100W charger is a different game. Seriously. Charging for
10.06.2025 → I’m not mad at apple doing nothing impactful to me because I
10.06.2025 → I know it is very early but I HATE iOS 26 redesign. Seriousl
07.06.2025 → I did a thing. Bye Pixel! I needed something with more power
07.06.2025 → Her name is PtyΕ›ka (closest translation would be cream puff)
03.06.2025 → “When you think about it, this is nothing like the EU’s rece

May 2025

26.05.2025 → My iPod was getting full (I had only 128GB SD card in it) so
21.05.2025 → The Studio – perfect. Per-fect.
21.05.2025 → Life is too short to listen to shitty podcasts, I say to mys
20.05.2025 → I like it more on Android. Big changes from what I remember
18.05.2025 → Voted.
15.05.2025 → I’m in between notes app – I’ve got copies of my notes in St
15.05.2025 → I see myself turning my phone notifications off more and mor
14.05.2025 → Dear old me, let’s just say that a couple of things has chan
14.05.2025 → Just did it: [github.com/Olsro/ipo…](https://github.com/Ol
12.05.2025 → Also, Android stuck. I’m good. Like – seriously – everything
12.05.2025 → I reinstalled Windows like I said a couple of days ago but d
09.05.2025 → BTW. So I’m definitely not gonna go out of Pixel lineup when
08.05.2025 → I blogged more on a Mac because of Mars Edit. Just sayin.
08.05.2025 → I need more Android-focused people in my timeline. If you po
07.05.2025 → Before fully going back to Windows I’m gonna try with Window
07.05.2025 → Yeah, Linux ain’t it. I mean – it’s great, it’s fast, it’s v
06.05.2025 → TIL: Foobar is available on MacOS.
06.05.2025 → [Google’s Material 3 makes me excited of being an Android us
01.05.2025 → Modded my 5th gen with a 2000mAh battery. This is crazy.

April 2025

28.04.2025 → [pl.nothing.tech/pages/cmf…](https://pl.nothing.tech/pages
28.04.2025 → This step by step approach though will make me use MacOS mor
28.04.2025 → I was *this* close to jump Windows already but I know I’m go
27.04.2025 → It’s not because pewdiepie told me to but it is because he t
27.04.2025 → Just to convince myself to USE Linux, I’m installing it over
24.04.2025 → These are so fucking weird and I love them. Nothing has full
21.04.2025 → I would love to pull the trigger but I can’t. I have a prett
21.04.2025 → I think I’m ready to check out this proper, big Android devi
20.04.2025 → 122613
19.04.2025 → [www.macstories.net/news/alts…](https://www.macstories.net
10.04.2025 → Thinking of merging Mastodon server and Discourse server in
10.04.2025 → Exactly as our lord and saviour would want me to. Offline, F
08.04.2025 → I didn’t even notice a moment in which I’ve fully switched t
08.04.2025 → New case who dis
08.04.2025 → Standing desk is the shit.
07.04.2025 → If you like SP500 you can buy it now for the same price as a
07.04.2025 → My wifey iPhone (11 Pro) finally has died. The battery deple
07.04.2025 → Living that iPod life.
05.04.2025 → I’m gonna selfhost email and nobody can stop me.
05.04.2025 → I’m on Android so hard now that my iphone is turned off and
05.04.2025 → Spatial audio is very good and I like it.
04.04.2025 → I’m expecting iTunes to work flawlessly after 20 years with