Magnetic cable clips on the back of my station were like five bucks and no more cords falling behind the cabinet mid cut. Also keep a spray bottle of water and a rag handy instead of wiping your hands on your apron, keeps the paper from sticking to everything.

The photo thing gets me every time. Spent 4 days last month messing with font weight on a client's menu page before I realized the pic behind it had a bright spot right where the text sat. Swapped the photo and suddenly the same exact gray was fine. Now I always check the backdrop first before touching a single color value.

Kept pure black on my main reading app for years and never had the vibrating letter problem people talk about. For me the switch to gray actually made things worse because the contrast got muddy and I had to turn my brightness up, which defeats the whole point. Maybe it comes down to the screen and how close you hold the phone, because my eyes never stung at 2am with true black. I do agree on the battery thing though, the savings on OLED are way overblown for most apps. If gray works for you then stick with it, but not everyone needs to jump on that train.