Seriously! My dad hooked one up to an old gutter on his shed years ago. He used that water for all his tomato plants all summer long. Never seemed crazy to me, just really practical. Saved him a ton on his water bill too.

Yo, did you use a fish tape or something for that? Pulling wire by hand in a crawl space is a pain without the right tools. I used a glow rod last time and it made things way easier. You just push it through first, then attach the wire and pull it back. It saves so much time and you don't risk damaging the insulation. Hours of work sounds rough, but with the right method, it can be way faster.

What kind of mess did it actually make? Like, did it just give you weird variable names, or did it totally break the logic? I had one try to "fix" a simple loop and it made it way more complicated for no reason. It swapped a clear condition for something totally backwards. Makes you wonder what it's even learning from.

What if they're replacing utility lines under the street? Old pipes and cables could be why they're digging it up.

Yeah, that policy sounds great on paper. The problem is when the guy with the second strike is your only operator who knows that particular machine, or it's Friday and the job needs to finish. Suddenly the "for good" part turns into a quiet talk and a final warning that never really ends. Rules only work if management has the backbone to actually shut a job down.