My sourdough starter went from flat to bubbly in just two days

I had a starter that looked like pancake batter for a week, no matter what I did. I was ready to toss it. Then I moved it from my cool counter to on top of my fridge, which is a bit warmer. In two days, it doubled in size and got full of bubbles. The only change was the spot I put it in. I guess my kitchen was just too cold. What's the warmest spot in your house that works for proofing?

Honestly, my portfolio hit $50k this week and it felt weird

Tbh, I started with a bank mutual fund a decade ago and only switched to a broker for ETFs a few years back. Anyone else get that 'should've moved sooner' feeling with a number?

Appreciation post: I realized I was a comic snob after a kid at the local shop corrected me

I was going on about how modern comics are all style, no substance, when this 12-year-old pointed to a panel in a new Ms. Marvel and said 'but look at how the art shows her feeling split between two worlds.' That one comment, right there in Allentown Comics, flipped a switch for me. Anyone else have a moment that broke them out of a bad fan habit?

Bought a $400 digital pattern drafting software and it's basically unusable for my workflow. Any decent free alternatives?

I finally toured the old power plant in Gary, Indiana last week and everyone seems to think the original riveted seams are just for show.

I measured the plate thickness on a 1928 boiler and the riveting is still holding better than some modern welds I've seen fail after a decade, so why is the default always to cut it all out?

TIL my neighbor's 4 year old kid understands my SEO problem better than my client

I was fixing my fence and overheard him trying to explain to his friend why you can't just put all the red blocks on top. He said 'it falls down if you don't mix them with the blue ones.' That's exactly why my client's site got hit by an update. They insisted on stuffing 50 keywords into one page. Has anyone actually gotten a client to understand internal linking structure without a massive traffic drop first?

I finally see the point of keeping galaxy photos less edited, even though everyone says to boost them.