Was poking around in the team settings last night and found the file analytics section. Turns out one of my component libraries has 47 instances floating around from 3 projects ago. No idea why nobody told me about that tab sooner. Has anyone else found a hidden feature like this just by clicking around?
Had a customer last month with a power supply that kept tripping the breaker on his CNC machine. I spent damn near 2 hours checking every diode and capacitor with my multimeter and couldn't find a thing. Was about to tell him it's haunted or something when my buddy brought over his $150 Seek thermal cam. Took one look at the board and saw a tiny voltage regulator cooking itself at 190 degrees that looked fine to the naked eye. 35 cent part fixed the whole thing. Has anyone else had a cheap tool totally change how you troubleshoot?
Honestly, I designed these cards on my laptop screen with all these rich dark blues and greens. They looked killer on the monitor. When the box arrived from the printer, the colors were all flat and brownish, like someone spilled coffee on them. Turns out I was working in RGB the whole time and didn't convert to CMYK before sending the file. Has anyone else had a print job totally wrecked because you forgot to switch modes?
I was grabbing breakfast at this rundown diner in Akron last month and watched the cook quickly sharpen his chef knife on a ceramic mug bottom. Tried it myself at home that night and it actually brought a dull edge back for a few quick cuts. Anybody else got weird hacks they picked up from watching other cooks?
Was watching One Piece with my friend Dave last month and he hit pause like 10 seconds in. He asked why I was skipping the intro and credits every time. Told him I just wanted to get to the actual show. He looked at me like I had three heads and said 'dude you're missing the whole vibe.' Turns out half the reason I love certain shows is the music and the mood those songs set. I went back and watched the intros for stuff I finished years ago and felt like an idiot. Anyone else skip them on autopilot?
Last Saturday we did 98 covers and I thought that was busy. Tonight we hit 107 and I ran out of prep by 8pm. Had to start pulling protein from the backup freezer and defrost in the sink. You ever hit a number that just blindsided you and made you realize your prep system is way too thin?
So I found this chunk of charcoal near an old stone foundation on my property in rural Ohio. I thought it might be from the 1800s or something. Grabbed a test kit I ordered online and spent 2 whole nights recording data, only to realize it was probably from a campfire I had last summer. The lab results came back with a big error message. Anyone else accidentally mix up modern trash with old artifacts?
Had a guy come in last Tuesday asking if I could French trim a pork shoulder for a BBQ competition. Told him it'd cost $25 extra and take 20 minutes. He stood there arguing that his uncle could do it with a fillet knife in 5 minutes flat. I handed him back his meat and said go let uncle handle it then. Anyone else just stop dealing with customers who think they know your job better than you?
I'm working on a project and my client in Austin hates off-white text, says it looks washed out. But pure white (#FFF) on dark backgrounds gives me eye strain after about 2 hours of coding. Which side are you on and why? Got a specific hex code you swear by?
Old timer named Gary on a job in Phoenix told me Wagos are fine for lights and outlets but I was an idiot using them on a 50 amp oven circuit. He showed me the burn marks on a failed one he kept in his truck from a similar install. Switched to wire nuts and torque screwdriver for that oven and the connection felt way more solid. Has anyone else had a Wago fail on a high draw circuit or was that guy just paranoid?