Sarah, a freelance graphic designer.

It’s 11:45 PM. A major client’s website form needs to be submitted by midnight to lock in a early-bird ad rate worth $2,000. Sarah has spent 20 minutes carefully filling out 15 complex fields—uploading assets, writing meta descriptions, and checking legal disclaimers.

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She clicks the “Upload Mockup” button. The page doesn’t load. It just hangs. The spinning wheel of doom appears. Panic sets in. She tries clicking again. Nothing. She sees the tiny, dreaded error in the corner: “Aw, Snap! Something went wrong.”