Ngl that napkin story pushed me to finish a short story I'd been stuck on for months.

Wait, but isn't there a difference between a keyword that makes sense in context and just jamming the same phrase 15 times into a paragraph? I feel like Google is getting smarter about that stuff, or at least I've seen sites get hit for doing too much.

nah my buddy had the same thing happen, an old er bill popped up and nuked his score out of nowhere. he paid it immediately but then disputed it as paid and said he never got any notice before collections, and it actually got removed from all three bureaus after about a month. definitely worth trying even after paying, worst they say is no.

What really helped me after that was setting up version history... then if something weird happens I can always go back to an earlier save. I actually name my versions sometimes if I'm about to make big changes. That way even if the autosave fails or I delete something by accident, I've got a fallback. It's not perfect but it beats staring at a blank screen.

Ngl, that "loved my samples on Friday" part hits hard. Did you ever try getting a deposit upfront on those bigger jobs or was it just full payment on delivery?