3 years of winging it is rough... my buddy did the same thing with CSS Grid for like 18 months until I showed him the docs.

Keep looking at the package and wondering what kind of "premium" zip ties cost that much. Between you and @noahw53, it sounds like you both ended up in the same boat either way. Did the box at least have some fancy branding on it to make you feel better about the purchase?

Well, "seal it solid" is exactly what I'd tell someone to do actually. Air sealing is way more important than giving moisture a place to escape if you ask me. All that venting stuff is just an old school way of dealing with leaky construction that shouldn't be an issue if you do the job right the first time. A properly sealed ceiling with closed cell foam on the roof deck is basically a vapor barrier and an air barrier all in one. Your buddy Mike probably had the same problem a lot of guys do where they don't dry in the house fast enough before the foam goes up, and then the moisture gets trapped from the ground or the weather.

C'mon, is it really that deep though? Sure, some facts get twisted over time, but most of the stuff we take for granted is pretty solid. Like, nobody's confusing the pyramids with a Denny's that's been around since 1998. The carbon dating thing from the 60s had issues, sure, but they fixed it. Scientists don't just stop there. The bigger problem is people cherry-picking one outdated study to act like everything's a lie. I mean, the earth is round, gravity works, and vaccines stop diseases. Some "facts" are just facts.

The whole "I spent three days reworking a project" part hit close to home. It's wild how much time we waste designing for the wrong audience. I see this everywhere now, not just in design. People build stuff based on how they see the world and completely miss how others experience it. That app sounds like a shortcut to catching those blind spots before they cost you a client or a project. Free tools are fine for a quick check, but paying for something that actually shows you the full picture instead of just a rough estimate seems like a no-brainer. It's like those free color pickers vs. paying for a proper palette analyzer, you get what you pay for.