My friend's portfolio site crashed minutes before his Zoom interview, pure panic mode. He fumbled through his downloads and sent a PDF to the hiring manager right then. Now he swears by having that backup ready on every device. But who decides if a PDF is unprofessional when the alternative is a blank screen? Maybe showing you can adapt is better than pretending nothing ever goes wrong.

That two year run probably saved a fortune in rework alone.

Man, I get that completely. I held onto my old analog meter for years, thinking it was more reliable. Then during a board repair, the analog reading drifted all over the place and I almost shipped a faulty unit. Swapped to a digital meter and it pinpointed the bad capacitor right away. Never looked back after that moment.

Feel for you, man. When the tracking goes silent, do you have a list of other vendors to call?