Read about using a story stick for weird walls. You just mark all the angles on a scrap piece of wood first. Makes it way less confusing to transfer the cuts. That old guy wisdom is always the best.

Right? @carr.luna gets it. I got burned on "unlimited revisions" once, never again. Those simple words are total landmines.

I used to believe the hype about sudden breakthroughs too. Your post made me go back and look at some old code from a chatbot I tried to build. The difference is huge, but you're right, it was a thousand little changes. Seeing that slow progress actually makes me less worried about the future. It's not a mystery, it's just a lot of hard work.

Totally get that! I used to be the same way until a guide at Chaco Canyon had us all sit down and just look at one wall. She pointed out this tiny, worn down groove in the stone. It was from generations of people sharpening their tools right there in that spot. Suddenly I wasn't just seeing a rock, I was seeing someone's daily life. Now I love finding those little signs of use. They feel like a direct link.

Why do they even sell tools that can't do the one job they have? It's like buying scissors that refuse to cut paper. My rule now is if it says "universal," it probably means universally bad.