Hit 1000 hours on my Hakko FX-888D soldering station and the tip is still original.

I logged it all in a spreadsheet, and honestly expected to have swapped it out at least twice by now, so what's the most hours you've gotten from a single soldering iron tip before it was truly shot?

Tried to fix my own leak with generic plumber's putty, but the $8 tube of specific pipe thread sealant from the hardware store was the only thing that actually held.

After the putty failed twice in my kitchen sink and caused another small flood, I learned that using the exact material meant for the job, even if it costs a bit more, beats trying to make a general product work every single time, so what's your go-to fix for a stubborn threaded joint leak?

My three-browser trick for con tickets

Ticket sites for comic cons are THE WORST when they crash. I open the page in three different browsers at the same time. One of them always gets in before it freezes.

Showerthought: Quit my old note-taking method. AI summary tool does it in seconds. Way clearer now.