My KitchenAid sat in the corner for a solid year before I figured out the same thing. Good call on swapping the paddle, it makes a world of difference. For cookies and cakes, that machine is a total workhorse with no complaints. But bread dough really tests what it can handle.

That rent in Shenzhen is like a whole extra job on its own.

How often do you refactor old code into small functions?

My buddy Mike lost the tip of his left index finger on a 2018 model saw with all the "modern safety features." He was cutting pressure treated lumber in his backyard, the blade grabbed, and it pulled his hand right past the kickback guard. Took two surgeries just to get the nail bed back to something normal looking. So I guess modern saws are safer, but they still bite.

10 years?! @xenarobinson that's wild to me, I lose dice just looking at them wrong.