Feeling your pain on the stale CAD files, that stuff eats up a whole morning before you even notice. Good call on the daily screenshot, that kind of paper trail is the only thing that gets an engineer moving sometimes.

Watching slang die in real time is my whole personality at this point. Said "bet" one time in a meeting and now the 60 year old receptionist says it when she confirms lunch orders. You're right though, the group chat is where words go to retire.

That line about the boards cooking themselves is real. West facing garage walls out here turn into ovens by mid afternoon and the can just bakes in there. Moving it inside is the easiest fix nobody wants to pay for until they eat a callback.