Even senior architects do the exact same thing" - yeah, I read somewhere that NASA lost a Mars orbiter because of a metric/imperial mixup back in 1999. Cost them $125 million. So if rocket scientists can mess it up, I figure us architects are in good company. Your point about the checking process is spot on too. Most firms I know have this informal "just trust the person who set it up" vibe for viewport scales, which is asking for trouble. One guy I worked with kept a physical ruler taped to his monitor to double check everything. Seemed ridiculous until he caught three scale errors in a month.

There was actually a whole article about found art projects in a craft magazine I read, and it said finishing someone's abandoned piece is a way of honoring the work they already did. The person who tossed it probably wanted it gone or couldn't handle the guilt of not finishing it themselves. You could always turn Mabel into a blanket or pillow cover if you want to keep the original stitching intact without adding to it.

Pretty sure Qolsys panels don't have a trouble light in the traditional sense though. Most of them just show a notification on the touchscreen, which is basically the same thing but not quite a blinking LED. Still a good point about putting them where people actually see them.

Buddy of mine tried that, bit shattered on him.

My buddy tried drilling his beans with an ice pick once, sawdust everywhere, coffee was awful.