Janek
@janbodzioch.com
Telling stories, geeking out over tech, and soaking in the adventures.
Sharing cool vibes, creative moments, and a little tech magic along the way.
https://janbodzioch.com | https://blog.janbodzioch.com
Sharing cool vibes, creative moments, and a little tech magic along the way.
https://janbodzioch.com | https://blog.janbodzioch.com
Instead of making it the norm to pressure customers to pay one-fifth of the meal price, pressure the employer to pay livable wages. Or better yet, pressure legislators to enforce livable wages.
February 11, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Instead of making it the norm to pressure customers to pay one-fifth of the meal price, pressure the employer to pay livable wages. Or better yet, pressure legislators to enforce livable wages.
Side note: how much of my dayily driving could I move to Omarchy? I’d have to ditch Adobe, but beyond that it seems totally doable.
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Side note: how much of my dayily driving could I move to Omarchy? I’d have to ditch Adobe, but beyond that it seems totally doable.
It was good enough. Good enough to catch you on a normal day, when you’re tired, distracted, just trying to sell a pair of headphones and move on. Today it didn’t work. This is the email it came from: youseftamer7734@gmail.com Do with that what you will.
February 10, 2026 at 8:19 AM
It was good enough. Good enough to catch you on a normal day, when you’re tired, distracted, just trying to sell a pair of headphones and move on. Today it didn’t work. This is the email it came from: youseftamer7734@gmail.com Do with that what you will.
I didn’t click anything. I reported the email, the domain, the account. Then out of curiosity I looked closer. The whole thing lived on some random, cheap domain that had nothing to do with OLX and probably wouldn’t exist a week from now.
February 10, 2026 at 8:19 AM
I didn’t click anything. I reported the email, the domain, the account. Then out of curiosity I looked closer. The whole thing lived on some random, cheap domain that had nothing to do with OLX and probably wouldn’t exist a week from now.
Except OLX never works like this. You don’t withdraw funds via email buttons. You don’t choose your bank from random links. And you don’t end up on a domain that has nothing to do with OLX.
February 10, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Except OLX never works like this. You don’t withdraw funds via email buttons. You don’t choose your bank from random links. And you don’t end up on a domain that has nothing to do with OLX.
A few minutes later, another email lands in my inbox. It claims to be an OLX payment confirmation. All I have to do is click “Wypłać środki” and finish the process. Everything about it is calm and orderly, like the deal is done and I’m just ticking the last box.
February 10, 2026 at 8:19 AM
A few minutes later, another email lands in my inbox. It claims to be an OLX payment confirmation. All I have to do is click “Wypłać środki” and finish the process. Everything about it is calm and orderly, like the deal is done and I’m just ticking the last box.
The email looked normal. Just a guy asking if the listing was still available. Nothing weird. I hesitated for a second, then replied.
“Yes, it’s still available. Have a good day.
Janek.”
“Yes, it’s still available. Have a good day.
Janek.”
February 10, 2026 at 8:19 AM
The email looked normal. Just a guy asking if the listing was still available. Nothing weird. I hesitated for a second, then replied.
“Yes, it’s still available. Have a good day.
Janek.”
“Yes, it’s still available. Have a good day.
Janek.”
Today was different. More finesse.
I got an email. That alone is a red flag. It pulls the conversation off the platform, even though OLX has a perfectly fine messaging system. Still, this happens often since OLX allows emails and phone numbers in listings.
I got an email. That alone is a red flag. It pulls the conversation off the platform, even though OLX has a perfectly fine messaging system. Still, this happens often since OLX allows emails and phone numbers in listings.
February 10, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Today was different. More finesse.
I got an email. That alone is a red flag. It pulls the conversation off the platform, even though OLX has a perfectly fine messaging system. Still, this happens often since OLX allows emails and phone numbers in listings.
I got an email. That alone is a red flag. It pulls the conversation off the platform, even though OLX has a perfectly fine messaging system. Still, this happens often since OLX allows emails and phone numbers in listings.
But selling stuff online comes with risk. Every time I list something, my WhatsApp gets flooded with obvious scam messages. Broken language. Fake couriers. Weird urgency. Easy to spot. Easy to report.
February 10, 2026 at 8:19 AM
But selling stuff online comes with risk. Every time I list something, my WhatsApp gets flooded with obvious scam messages. Broken language. Fake couriers. Weird urgency. Easy to spot. Easy to report.
A beginner DSLR. A convertible 60s armchair that had no business being in my apartment. Even an old ThinkPad that carried me through my studies. Too slow for my work, but still useful. I replaced it with a machine that now runs Omarchy. That laptop deserved more than a drawer.
February 10, 2026 at 8:19 AM
A beginner DSLR. A convertible 60s armchair that had no business being in my apartment. Even an old ThinkPad that carried me through my studies. Too slow for my work, but still useful. I replaced it with a machine that now runs Omarchy. That laptop deserved more than a drawer.
I care about pricing things fairly. Free means worthless. Paying even a bit gives the object weight again. Someone takes it seriously, uses it, keeps it alive instead of feeding an ever growing pile of electronic waste.
Almost everything I’ve put on OLX eventually sold.
Almost everything I’ve put on OLX eventually sold.
February 10, 2026 at 8:19 AM
I care about pricing things fairly. Free means worthless. Paying even a bit gives the object weight again. Someone takes it seriously, uses it, keeps it alive instead of feeding an ever growing pile of electronic waste.
Almost everything I’ve put on OLX eventually sold.
Almost everything I’ve put on OLX eventually sold.
I won’t go into the details here, but after a few hours of tinkering, breaking things, fixing them again, all my relevant devices are now running on Proton VPN. I think it fits better how I think about tools today.
February 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I won’t go into the details here, but after a few hours of tinkering, breaking things, fixing them again, all my relevant devices are now running on Proton VPN. I think it fits better how I think about tools today.
But this time I stopped and actually looked into it. Read a bit. Asked friends. Realized I’ve been slowly moving away from closed black boxes toward tools that feel more transparent and intentional and this was the time to embrace it. Long story short, I landed somewhere else.
February 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
But this time I stopped and actually looked into it. Read a bit. Asked friends. Realized I’ve been slowly moving away from closed black boxes toward tools that feel more transparent and intentional and this was the time to embrace it. Long story short, I landed somewhere else.
And then there’s VPN. I originally bought a two-year NordVPN plan on a massive discount. Recently I was this close to just renewing it with another similarly tempting deal. Same habit, same configs. Easy choice.
February 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
And then there’s VPN. I originally bought a two-year NordVPN plan on a massive discount. Recently I was this close to just renewing it with another similarly tempting deal. Same habit, same configs. Easy choice.
Others I keep out of necessity. Adobe, for example. Fuck Adobe, but I use it professionally. I’d love to leave, but the ecosystem has its teeth and I’m not done finding a real alternative to all of it yet.
February 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Others I keep out of necessity. Adobe, for example. Fuck Adobe, but I use it professionally. I’d love to leave, but the ecosystem has its teeth and I’m not done finding a real alternative to all of it yet.
There are a few I keep very deliberately. Bitwarden is one of them. I like the idea behind it, I trust the project, and the price is easy to justify.
February 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
There are a few I keep very deliberately. Bitwarden is one of them. I like the idea behind it, I trust the project, and the price is easy to justify.
Over the past year I’ve been slowly going through my paid subscriptions and replacing many of them with self-hosted, open-source alternatives. Some went easily. Some didn’t.
February 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Over the past year I’ve been slowly going through my paid subscriptions and replacing many of them with self-hosted, open-source alternatives. Some went easily. Some didn’t.
In short, stop falling for manufactured urgency. Companies train us to panic-buy during artificial windows, while real deals appear randomly weeks later. Monitor prices over time. Be patient. Don't let marketing dictate when you can get a fair price.
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
In short, stop falling for manufactured urgency. Companies train us to panic-buy during artificial windows, while real deals appear randomly weeks later. Monitor prices over time. Be patient. Don't let marketing dictate when you can get a fair price.
For example, Sony XM6? Only 19 PLN cheaper on Black Friday. X-kom runs “hot deals” that are basically 5% off, the kind of thing that used to be a generic newsletter code. At this point it’s hard to call it a promotion. So how do we break this cycle?
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
For example, Sony XM6? Only 19 PLN cheaper on Black Friday. X-kom runs “hot deals” that are basically 5% off, the kind of thing that used to be a generic newsletter code. At this point it’s hard to call it a promotion. So how do we break this cycle?