Just realized my property photos took three days to edit because of one weird shadow

I shot a condo in Scottsdale last Tuesday, and the afternoon sun threw this long, harsh shadow from a balcony planter right across the living room. I thought I could fix it in 20 minutes with my usual software. After trying three different editing tools and watching two YouTube tutorials, I finally got it looking natural. That one shadow ate up my whole Wednesday and part of Thursday. Has anyone else lost a full day to a single photo edit that should have been simple?

Warning: The new digital door lock tester from Dynatech cost me $350 and it's been a headache

I bought it thinking it would speed up troubleshooting on those modern elevator doors, but the software keeps freezing on my phone. Had it fail on me twice last week at a site in Cincinnati, leaving me to go back to the old manual methods. Anyone have a better tool for checking door lock circuits that actually works?

My 'quick' website backup turned into a 3-day tech nightmare

I thought I'd be smart and move my freelance portfolio to a new host last Tuesday. The backup tool said 30 minutes max. It got stuck at 99% for 6 hours. I spent the next two days on chat support, trying every fix they suggested, including a weird command line thing that deleted my custom fonts. I finally got it working after 72 total hours of panic. Has anyone else had a simple task blow up their whole week?

PSA: Romance prompts felt silly until a robot love story changed my view. What strange twists have you tried?