A simple detail view cost me two full days of work

I was finishing a set of shop drawings for a steel fabricator, and the client asked for a specific weld symbol callout on a connection detail. I thought it was a five minute fix. The problem was, the symbol in our office standard didn't match the exact spec they referenced, and I had to dig through three different old project folders to find the right one. What should have been a quick update turned into a two day hunt, checking notes and calling a retired guy I used to work with. Has anyone else gotten stuck on a tiny detail because of conflicting standards?

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zarapalmer12h ago

Did two days of work really hinge on a single symbol?

troy_reed9h ago

Oh man, @zarapalmer, you have no idea. I once spent a whole afternoon because I used a comma instead of a semicolon in a config file. The whole thing just fell over. It's crazy how the smallest thing can break everything. Makes you feel both brilliant for finding it and silly for missing it.