My buddy had a cabinet shop and his old foreman had the same rule. They got a huge rush job for a remodel and the only way to meet the deadline was pocket screws on the face frames. He was sweating it, but they did it, and those cabinets are still solid ten years later. Sometimes the "right" way is just the way that gets the job done well.

My uncle's crew in Texas swears by their Stone Construction mixers for heavy foundations. They've had the same two machines for almost a decade with just basic maintenance. What kind of mixer were you using when the belt broke?

Did you see that article about how popcorn pops being a tiny steam explosion? Honestly, it's the same idea, just trying to manage that built-up pressure. Makes you see your kitchen in a whole new way.

Read an article last year about how routine lifts are actually the most dangerous. People get complacent and skip small checks. The writer said most cable failures happen during boring, repeated jobs, not the big complex ones. Always stuck with me.

Actually, @black.laura, that hack is more for preventing scratches than cleaning them.