Recently, I kept encountering pages that "freeze" for a moment, and the data wouldn't refresh for half a day. My first reaction was that my internet was acting up again... Later, I realized that many times it's because the indexer/Subgraph hasn't finished scanning the new on-chain data, or RPC calls are being rate-limited. The more you click, the less it responds, like waiting in line. Basically, the data on the chain has already been updated, but the "translation" layer you're viewing hasn't finished translating.

These days, I also saw news about increased taxes and tighter compliance in certain regions, which affects my mindset: when deposit and withdrawal expectations tighten, I get more anxious. The more I want to quickly confirm whether records are on-chain, the more likely I am to trigger rate limits... and my hands get tired.

So I simply set reminders and limits for myself: check the same task at most twice every half hour; if it doesn't refresh, I go do something else. Strangely, after setting this, I didn't feel as panicked anymore, at least I wasn't staring at that "pending" line all night in a daze.