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A customer told me my soldering looked like a spider had a seizure
I was fixing a vintage radio for a guy in his 80s, and he watched me reflow a cracked joint on the tuner. When I was done, he squinted and said, 'Son, that looks like a spider had a seizure.' I thought my work was fine, but he was right. I was using too much solder and my iron was too hot, leaving a big, shiny blob. I switched to a finer tip, dropped my temperature by 50 degrees, and started using more flux. Now my joints are small, clean, and actually hold. Has anyone else gotten a piece of feedback that made you change a basic habit you thought was okay?
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ray6484mo ago
Oh man, that's such a perfect way to put it! I had a similar wake-up call with cable management. A buddy saw my home server setup and just said "did you throw a box of spaghetti in there?" I was just jamming wires in, thinking neatness didn't matter if it worked. But his comment got me to actually learn proper bundling and labeling. It runs cooler now and I can actually find what I need. That kind of blunt feedback is honestly the best.
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anthonykim4mo ago
Yeah, @ray648, that spaghetti line is a classic. I once had a friend point out my "fire hazard" of power strips behind my TV. Turns out he was right, I had way too much plugged into one outlet. Felt dumb but I'm glad he said something.
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angelacooper3mo ago
Wait, are we all just living in a spaghetti monster's den and pretending it's fine? Tbh I feel personally attacked right now because I literally have a cable jungle behind my desk. Ngl though, if it catches fire at least I'll have a cool story about how my PC went out in a blaze of glory.
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