Coping looks way better than a miter, that is just facts. A miter opens up when the wood dries out, and then you got a gap staring at you six months later. Caulk hides it for a while but paint over caulk on a joint always looks a little off. Marco might be faster but come back in two years and see whose corner still looks tight. Some habits stick around cause they actually work, not just cause the old boss said so.

Those old gauges made you stop and put your hands on the lines, which is how you catch a compressor slugging before it eats itself. A screen will happily show you nice numbers while the thing is flooding back and beating itself to death. Your hands and ears still know things a probe never will.

Really? Sounds like a normal kitchen to me.