That whole vibe just sucks the fun right out of it. Totally agree with @violar35, it is sad. Feels like a stock market now instead of a hobby. I miss when people actually read the books they bought.

My expectations were in the basement, but this thing broke through the floor. For five bucks I got a plastic spoon that snapped in half. Lesson learned, I guess.

Yeah, I just started asking for the yard foreman by name. Sometimes you can skip the front desk if you know who actually knows the stock. Got my last piece of plate that way.

Honestly though, doesn't the manual one just feel better? Tbh I'd take the quiet workout over saving 25 minutes.

Actually, a VLAN alone doesn't fully secure things. It just separates the traffic on your own network. You still need firewall rules to block those IoT devices from talking to your main stuff.