Oh boy, you're preaching to the choir here. I actually read a study a few years back about how using a laser level reduces eye strain and fatigue because you're not hunched over squinting at a bubble all day. It makes sense when you think about it. Your body stays in a better position and your brain can focus on the actual work instead of second-guessing a little floating bubble. I swear, once you go laser you never go back.

Glad you tried it out but a tablet glitching is more about the specific device or app than digital writing itself. The stylus technology on older Samsungs can be a bit laggy compared to something like an iPad or a newer model. That said, paper still has that physical feedback digital just can't copy. The way the pen drags across actual paper has a certain friction and feel that helps with handwriting control. You might also be fighting with screen protectors that mess with the pen tip's glide. So yeah, for pure speed and accuracy in a pinch, paper usually wins. But a good digital setup can get real close once you dial in the right tools.

Read somewhere that Swedish hammers have a different center of balance.

There was this article I read a while back about how new coders actually learn better from people who show their mistakes, and Dave was the living proof of that. @rubybarnes nailed it with the "learning alongside a real person" thing. Dave would literally say "I have no idea why this is broken" and then spend ten minutes debugging on stream, talking through his thought process out loud. He never pretended to have a perfect workflow or some magic shortcut to becoming a developer. Bootcamp types would gloss over errors or edit them out, but Dave left every stutter and failed compile right there in the recording. That messy reality made him feel like a trusted coworker, not some salesman pitching a dream.

Wait wait wait, you had 40 frames out of 120 with actual trailing? That's almost a third of your data. I'd be pissed too but damn, glad you caught it before spending more time on junk frames.