That part about seeing things you could never see before really hits home. It's like we all have these old ways of doing things that feel fine until you see the better tool in action. I see it with guys using old scan tools at my shop when the new ones can show live data graphs. You don't know what you're missing until you actually see it clear. Makes you wonder what else we're all doing the hard way just because it's how we learned. What was the hardest habit for you to break after getting the camera?

Actually, a phone light is pretty weak for that kind of thing. It only lights up a tiny spot right in front of you. A real headlamp throws light way farther and leaves your hands free. I learned that the hard way trying to hold my phone and climb over something at the same time. Almost dropped it into a puddle of who knows what. Good call listening to your brother on that one.

Yeah, that's a calibration issue, not the tool itself. In my experience, those digital adapters need a fresh zero-out on a known-good surface before you even touch the plane.

Totally feel your pain with that memory crash. Running big batches overnight just to find a frozen screen is the worst. Clearing the cache every few images is a solid workaround, it's what I ended up doing too. Have you tried messing with the garbage collection settings in your script at all?

Hot take: It's a real thing. Aluminum warps when you crank down on it. Those valve covers get a thin gasket that can't take much. You go past spec and you'll have a leak in a week. The guy at the counter sees it all the time from people using a big wrench.