Why does nobody talk about using a heat gun to fix a bad vinyl plank seam?

I had a job in Springfield where a few planks in the middle of a room just wouldn't lock tight, leaving a tiny gap you could feel with your fingernail. Out of ideas, I tried warming the locking edge with my heat gun for about 5 seconds on low, then pressing it together hard with a tapping block, and it clicked right in. Has anyone else tried this trick on a stubborn click floor?

Had a close call with a load swing on a high-rise job in Dallas

I was up on the 40th floor of a new build, moving a big steel beam with a Liebherr 750. A sudden gust of wind caught it and the load started spinning pretty bad. I had to drop the hook speed and use the trolley to dampen the swing, which took like a full minute to get under control. Anyone have a better method for handling a spin in high winds?

Appreciation post: I picked a $500 retainer over a $2000 project last month and it saved my sanity.

The big project had a nightmare client attached, so I took the steady, smaller gig and now I have mental space to actually enjoy my work again, but does anyone else feel like they're constantly choosing between money and peace?

My worst writing week ever was when my dog ate my notebook (the one with all my ideas).

I lost about 50 prompts I'd been collecting for months, and it felt like my brain just went blank. Has anyone else ever had a physical disaster wipe out their creative stash?

Visited a new med spa in Scottsdale and saw they're charging $350 for a 'digital skin analysis' that's just a phone app.

My first program went from 200 lines of spaghetti to 50 clean lines after I finally understood functions.

I spent three months writing everything in one giant block until a freeCodeCamp video on scope and parameters made it click, so has anyone else had that one concept that suddenly untangled their code?

Had a weird moment with a stuck elevator in my own building last Tuesday

I live in a 12-story walk-up, and the one elevator has been finicky for months. Last Tuesday, it got stuck between floors 5 and 6 with a delivery guy inside. I was just walking by and heard him knocking. Instead of calling the super, I grabbed my tools and talked him through the manual door release from the outside. Got him out in maybe 15 minutes. It hit me that I fix these things all day, but never really thought about what happens when one breaks where I live. Kinda changed how I see my own building's maintenance. Anyone else ever had to do an unofficial rescue at home?

I spent $40 on a Python course that just copied the free docs, don't make my mistake

My cousin told me to skip the first season of The Bear and I'm so mad I listened

He said it was 'too slow' and to just start with season 2. I did, and I was totally lost on all the character stuff and the restaurant drama. I had to go back and watch the whole first season anyway to figure out what was going on. Has anyone else gotten bad advice about where to start a show?

Question about my first video editing job in Austin last month where I charged $200 flat.

Everyone says to start low, but that flat rate for a 5 minute wedding video meant I worked for about $8 an hour after all the changes, so I think telling new people to just take any price is bad advice, has anyone else found a better way to set a first project minimum?