PSA: My kitchen rewire job from 2018 vs what I'd do now in 2024

I did a full kitchen rewire in my own house back in 2018 and thought I'd done it right. Fast forward to last month and I was helping a buddy with his place, taking down a wall. I ripped open my old box and saw I'd run 12/2 for the dishwasher on a dedicated circuit, which is fine. But I also stuffed three outlets on one 20 amp circuit for the countertop, which is now against the 2023 code that says each counter outlet needs its own small appliance branch circuit. In 2018, nobody around here was enforcing that on residential. Now the inspector flagged my buddy's job for the same thing. I had to go back and pull new wire for his place. Has anyone else run into old code catching up with them like this?

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michaela164mo ago

Man, does your 2018 self ever owe your 2024 self an apology? I feel like every time I open up an old job of mine, it's like finding a time capsule of bad decisions I thought were genius.

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gibson.oliver4mo ago

Oh for SURE, opening old work files is like digging up a cringe grave I thought I'd buried for good. I swear my 2018 self thought every font choice and color clash was peak creativity, but now I just see a mess of bad decisions. It's honestly a miracle I didn't get fired before I learned what "less is more" actually means.

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