Flip your oven light on and stick the bowl in there with the door cracked an inch. That little bulb puts out a steady 75-80 degrees and keeps drafts away, way better than a fridge top. I've been doing that all winter and my dough stays consistent even when my kitchen feels like a walk-in cooler.

That shop in Austin you mentioned reminds me of my own spot over in Round Rock. I used to be the guy who would get defensive when someone questioned my pricing (you know, the whole "you don't understand my costs" thing). But after watching that customer storm out and come back three times in one week for different quotes, it finally clicked for me that the problem wasn't them being cheap. It was me assuming they already knew what goes into a brake job, like the overhead for lifts and specialized tools and all that. Now I just walk them through it step by step before they leave, and it's wild how much smoother things go when people actually see where their money is going.

Wait, is DPI even the real culprit here or is it something else like the color profile messing with the export? @john_hunt2 I feel like a lot of people blame DPI but actually it's the image scaling algorithm or the fact they're exporting from a raw file without checking the resolution first. Had a buddy spend hours on a logo export only to realize his canvas size was 500x500, not the 5000x5000 he thought it was. DPI is a label, the pixel dimensions are what really matter.

Yeah, that stinks and I feel for you (typos are the worst). But here's the thing - that old pricing error is actually a smoke signal. If they bail that fast over a copy-paste mistake, the real problem was probably brewing for a while. Next time, try sending proposals in a fresh doc instead of a template, or at least do a quick proofread out loud before hitting send. Also, maybe check in with your long-term clients more often between big proposals, just a casual "hey anything feel off lately?" can catch this stuff before it blows up.

Man that season made everything click for me too, totally changed how I see the whole show now.