Warning: My frozen fries turned into charcoal briquettes

Set the air fryer to 400 for 15 minutes like the bag said. Came back to a kitchen full of smoke and a basket of black sticks. My mistake was not shaking them even once. Learned the hard way that you gotta check on things halfway through, no matter what the instructions say. Anyone have a good time and temp for those crinkle cut ones?

Watching a crew try to use residential PEX for a 4-story office building in Tempe

The pressure drop across those long runs will be a nightmare in two years, and I've seen it fail inspection three times now. Anyone else had to fix this after the fact?

I used to just trust the star rating on a review site. After getting burned on a cheap tablet that died in 3 months, I started reading the 3-star reviews first. They're way more honest.

My friend said to always ask the most basic question first, but it saved a whole project

Honestly, my buddy Mark told me to start every troubleshooting session by asking 'Is it plugged in?' before doing anything fancy. I thought it was a dumb joke, but last week I spent 45 minutes trying to fix a client's website analytics that weren't tracking. Tbh, I checked the code, the server logs, everything. Finally, I asked if they'd updated the tracking code on their site. They said no, and the old one was still there but broken. Ngl, has anyone else had a simple question fix a huge problem after overthinking it?