Literally just spent a Saturday replacing a faucet cartridge that turned out I didn't even need to replace because the shutoff valve under the sink was only halfway open. Felt like I should have to turn in my homeowner card after that one. The dumb little details really do have a way of making you feel like you've never picked up a tool in your life.

Laugh out loud - Grandpa counting Mississippi's is about as scientific as me sniffing my shutter to check the oil. Guess the $40 misery stick finally beat the "trust me bro" method.

Heard a similar thing from a kid at a meetup last month. He was telling me he doesn't bother learning debugging because AI will just fix his code later. I remember when everyone was saying the same thing about auto-complete tools back in 2015. Funny thing is, that kid spent two hours trying to get ChatGPT to fix a simple sorting issue while I fixed it in five minutes by just reading the error message. The basics still matter, even if the fancy tools change how we use them.

Makes total sense. I've been burned before by those keyword scanners (they think they know what they're doing, but they really don't). The trick I've found is to focus less on the platform's match percentage and more on how specific your resume is to the job description you read yourself. You can game the algorithm a little by using the exact same phrases they use for required skills, just don't overdo it or it looks fake. Then yeah, you gotta do your own research on the company vibe, check out their LinkedIn or Glassdoor to see if it's a dumpster fire before you waste time applying. Combining that gut check with a half-decent matching tool cuts down the noise way more than just spamming resumes everywhere.

Honestly, have you ever seen someone just absolutely refuse to pivot? I had a buddy who was doing a travel bujo for a road trip across the Southwest. He had this whole color-coded gas station and diner tracker planned out. Then his van broke down in the middle of nowhere, and he just sat there trying to make his sticky notes match his original layout. It was brutal to watch. He was so stuck on his system that he missed the sunset at the Grand Canyon because he was too busy trying to glue a note back into his spread. I swear he drove me nuts that whole trip.