Yeah, I used to think caps were always needed too. But knight.dylan mentioning moisture trapping really hit home. I mean, I saw an old terra cotta flue get ruined because a cap kept it too wet inside. Now I get why sometimes skipping it is smarter. It's not just about following rules, it's about what actually helps the house. So idk, maybe it's just me but that call is way harder than it looks.

Try Jasper, unless you want your basement to become a water feature like mine did last year.

Does the benefit of handwriting change when you're dealing with ideas that need to be shared or worked on with a team? Like @tylerchen said, messy writing might burn memory deeper, but what if others can't read it? It seems like the personal memory boost might come at the cost of being able to easily show your work to someone else.