Old data breaches are the creepiest for sure.

Time is money though. Not everyone wants to mess with jars and waiting weeks. Paying for the work and the shelf space makes sense to me.

Honestly, both takes are missing the point. The first draft is just the raw material. Hitting a big word count and realizing your outline is wrong is part of the real work. That's not a warm-up or the main event, it's you finally seeing the actual story. Now you get to build the real thing from it.

Funny how the smallest detail can change everything, right? Saw a video once where someone used a bone folder to set a hinge in a totally different way, just a slight angle shift. It made me realize I'd been fighting the material for years. Those little process videos can be like a secret handshake for getting it right.

Actually, that temperature thing is huge, but it's also worth remembering that boiling water cools down fast when you pour it. So starting with a full boil into a cold Chemex might already get you close to that 195 range. The real trick is being consistent. And @henry604 is totally right about water, it's a whole other layer. My old apartment had terrible water and a filter jug made a bigger difference than any temp change.