Comment by MobileVet

Like all prefunded startups we rented a crappy apt to work out of. Outside of the neighboring fire station which woke us at all hours, everything worked fine.

A month into summer, the internet started to die at around 1pm… then magically restore itself in the early evening before the tech would arrive. This went on for a solid week or more.

Eventually the provider agreed to send a tech immediately after we called. On first inspection, everything looked good. Thankfully he was diligent and found that an old pin based IC was likely expanding in the heat and every so slightly unseating itself in its socket. Properly seating it and adding some hot glue solved the issue.

Never underestimate heat dissipation in product design.