TIL that shared house internet often doesn't work when you need it most.

I lost a big project update because the connection failed right as I was hitting send.

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But honestly, how critical was it really? Big project updates should never depend on a single click with no backup. You couldn't have saved it as a draft offline first, or used a word processor? Shared internet is flaky, that's a known fact you have to plan around. Blaming the connection feels like avoiding the real issue, which is not having a failsafe for important work.

benlewis20d agoTop Commenter

So you're saying every single person on a team should individually save offline drafts before posting to a shared project doc? That seems like a huge waste of collective time if the platform itself promises reliable auto-save.

jordanwest1mo ago

Honestly though, do you really save a draft offline every single time before hitting post? Feels like most people just trust the auto-save these days.