Man, you nailed it. We got around that a bit at my last site by having the lead guy do informal five minute check ins with each small team at the start of the day. It wasn't the same, but it caught a lot of little stuff before it blew up.

Remember trying to get those limited vinyl releases last year? I was online the second they dropped, clicking like a madman, and still got the "sold out" message. Felt like I was racing against ghosts. Later saw people selling them for triple the price on other sites. Makes you wonder how many were just bots set to buy everything the moment it went live.

Stripping boards first is a lifesaver. Snagged a voltage regulator from an old DVD player to fix my guitar pedal.