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My buddy in Denver swore by using a 60/40 leaded solder for everything, even modern boards.

I thought he was stuck in the past and kept using my lead-free stuff. Then I had to rework a BGA on a gaming console and the lead-free just wouldn't flow right, ruining the board. Switched to his old-school mix and the next one went perfect. Anyone else find themselves going back to older methods for certain jobs?

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chen.phoenix7d ago

Man, that's so true. It's like how sometimes the old way of doing things just works better, even with all the new tech. I see it all the time with tools, where a simple wrench beats some fancy gadget. Feels like we overcomplicate stuff that was already solved.

dylan_anderson7d ago

Hold up, does it really matter that much though? We get hung up on this idea but most of the time the old way and the new way both get the job done. It feels like we're just picking sides over personal taste, not some big problem with how things are made. Maybe we just like complaining about change more than we actually care about the tool working.

harperjackson7d ago

Yeah I read something about planned obsolescence driving this.