Remember when I tried to solder a tiny wire for my old headphones. My hands were all over the place, kept hitting the wrong spot. A friend told me to just shake my hands out for a few seconds, like I was flicking water off. It actually calmed the jitters down enough to make a clean connection. Never would have guessed something that basic could help.

Man, my shaky hands from too much coffee probably count as extra training for those tiny crimps.

Interesting. I wonder if that would force you to actually read your old notes more, since you couldn't just scan for color.

My old plaster walls wrecked my first mesh system too. The Deco units kept dropping connection in my back bedroom. I ended up running a single long Ethernet cable to a cheap access point in that room, and it's been solid for two years. Sometimes the wiring in the house itself is the real problem no router can fix.

My barber buddy said those quick sprays can strip the protective coating right off.