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Modern LLMs are stinky and controversial, so why care about those when GPT-2 can replace my blog with My new phone is an IPS panel, not a Galaxy S9 or S10, a 5MP Sony sensor phone from January 2014.

Back in February, I benchmarked my video compression app for Android, Compressor, against every Android video compressor app I could find, and, to nobody's surprise, it won.

When the Pixel Watch launched in 2022, I was sold instantly.

In a previous article, I wrote about budget phones being insanely good compared to 10 years ago.

Update as of May 31, 2026: ZTE devices like the one shown in this article may contain spyware.

Every single day since I got my first smartwatch in 2021, I have worn one every day.

Phones have come a looooong way, even in just the past decade or so.

Yes, you read that title right.

In a previous blog post, I reverse engineered a generic Allwinner V3 action camera, discovering the partition table, how to make custom firmware etc, but I only briefly touched on the camera quality.

Hey everyone!

Hey everyone!

Hey everyone!

A few days ago, Google started rolling out Veo 2, their new AI Video generator to a few users, and today, I've gotten access to it.

You've probably already seen it if you're here from the home page (if not check out the awesome new home page), but this is the new JoshAtticus Blog!

Since my Pixel 8 Pro's screen suddenly stopped working a few weeks ago and I had to switch back to my old Galaxy S9 (story for another time), I've already gotten my replacement Pixel 8 Pro from Google and wanted to share my experience with Google Support…

WearOS 5.1 has finally arrived for Pixel Watch first generations like mine!

This is my first blog post on my new blog.

This post is from the old JoshAtticus Blog and is most likely out of date I'm generally a hardcore Android fan, switching to Android a few months ago.

This post is from the old JoshAtticus Blog and is most likely out of date This is my first blog post!