Man I've been burning flanges with Broco rods for years and never had one bite me. Key is getting your ground right and not rushing the pierce. I did a 24 inch in Fourchon last spring, same deal, skipped the grinder and saved half a day. The old timers say that because they grew up on oxy arc and saw guys wash out a cut. Wet side burning is different if you set it up right. Only time I came close was when my ground clamp was loose and the rod stuck on me. Check your ground twice and send it.

What did the register screen actually look like when she was done, because that part matters more than people realize? Most of those shop registers run on a tablet or an old desktop, and the "code" is often just a text file or a settings page you can open in a browser. Here is the thing nobody tells beginners: the hard part is not writing code, it is figuring out which line is wrong and being brave enough to touch it. That barista probably spent way more time learning where the files live and how to make a backup than learning any fancy language. So start with the machines you already see every day at work, learn how they save data and where their settings hide, then learn a little Python or even just how to read error messages. The space she deleted was sitting in a config or script file, and finding that space is a skill you build by poking around, not by getting a degree.