Just paid my tuition again... I was planning to take advantage of the less crowded on-chain environment to swap some coins, but I got too eager, set my slippage too low as if it was free, and the pool depth was shallow, so I was directly "sucked" in, with the execution price looking like a heart attack. Basically: I thought I was shopping for discounts at the supermarket, but I was actually grabbing the last dish at the night market, and the more I fought, the more expensive it got.

Looking back, my order placement rhythm was way more frantic than I thought: first check the depth, split into several transactions, wait for two or three blocks before adding more, which turned out to be more stable. Recently, those new L1/L2 incentives to boost TVL also seem similar—when more people join, it gets crowded, and it's normal for veteran users to complain about "mining, selling," liquidity flows like a tide, and it can leave just as quickly. Anyway, from now on, I’ll tighten my slippage first—better to be slow than to be the one giving warmth to others again.