Right tool for the job, exactly. My first web app was a Python nightmare.

My cousin's kitchen still smells like garlic from a blown jar of kraut. Tell her to use the plastic lid from a yogurt container under the ring, it lets just enough gas seep out. Or put the whole jar inside a big bowl, so if it does pop, the mess is contained. Honestly, showing her a picture of exploded peppers on a ceiling might be the best lesson.

You mentioned the digital wrench catching bolts just under spec. That's actually a good thing, because "just under" on a clicker can be dangerously loose in the real world. The extra money buys you that margin.