Hot take: store-bought shelf brackets are way worse than making my own

I tried to hang some heavy bookshelves in my garage last weekend using those cheap metal brackets from Home Depot for $8 a pair. After two of them bent under the weight of just a few boxes, I cut some wooden brackets from a scrap 2x4 and they held up twice the load no problem. Has anyone else found that simple wood supports work better than the store stuff for heavy shelving?

Saw a logo redesign that lost all its character last week

I was at a diner near my place in Chicago, and they just redid their whole brand. Old logo had this worn out 1950s script that felt real and honest, but the new one is just a generic circle with a fork in it. It looks like every other fast casual spot now. My buddy works in graphic design and he told me companies do this to look modern, but they end up looking empty. I feel like people get so caught up in making things clean that they forget what made them interesting in the first place. Have you ever seen a redesign that totally missed the point of the original?

My brother called my app 'angry' and now I can't unsee it

He was trying to book a flight and every error message had an exclamation point and red text. I designed it to be clear, not hostile. Has anyone else gotten feedback that made you totally rethink your color choices or tone?

Three years ago I built a full site using only floats, felt like a hero until I saw what Grid could do last month.

I redid that same site with CSS Grid in 2 hours versus the 3 days it took me with floats. The column alignment on the product cards alone saved me 20 lines of media queries. Has anyone else gone back and rebuilt old projects just to see the time difference?

Showerthought: I realized I've been watching anime wrong for years

My whole plan to binge the entire 'Monogatari' series in order over a long weekend completely fell apart last Saturday. I got three episodes into 'Bakemonogatari' and realized I had no idea what the characters were talking about half the time, and I was just reading subtitles without actually getting the story. I had to stop, look up a real watch order guide, and start over from the beginning with a notepad. Has anyone else had a show just break their usual way of watching?

My friend told me to skip the 'One Piece' filler arcs and I finally tried it

I mean, I was always a completionist, but after 3 months of slogging through the G-8 arc on his advice, I just got bored and dropped the show. Has anyone else found that skipping filler actually killed your momentum with a series?

TIL some spas cut corners on sanitization between clients.

This risks EVERYONE'S health and can ruin your reputation.

Just walked off a job because the owner wanted to skip AFCI breakers. Safety isn't optional.