My old Leatherman broke during a camping trip in the Cascades, and I had to use a cheap gas station multi-tool for the rest of the week. It was a total nightmare.

Rant: A guy at a con in Atlanta said collecting is for kids

I was at Dragon Con last year, showing a friend my graded first appearance of Moon Knight. A guy next to us, maybe in his 40s, looked over and said, "You know, real fans read the stories, they don't just buy plastic slabs." He said it like it was a fact. It happened right by the artist alley near the Westin. I've been collecting for 15 years and that one comment still gets under my skin. Does anyone else get this kind of gatekeeping over how to be a fan?

A guy at the library saw my Python code and said one thing

I was working on a project at the Seattle Public Library last month. A guy next to me looked over and said, 'You're doing too much in one function.' He pointed at my screen. He was right. My function was 40 lines long and tried to do three different jobs. I split it up and everything got way easier to fix. Has anyone else had a simple tip that fixed a big mess in their code?

Showerthought: I finally figured out why my homemade pizza crust was always soggy

For years my pizza from the oven came out with a sad, limp middle no matter what recipe I used. I tried preheating my baking sheet in the oven for a full 30 minutes at 500 degrees before sliding the pizza onto it, and it was a total game changer. The crust got crispy and perfect, like a real pizzeria in New Haven. Has anyone else found a simple trick that fixed a food problem you'd given up on?