Lately, looking at on-chain transactions, sometimes it really feels like lining up in a supermarket: you think you've snagged a discount, but then two people in front and behind squeeze in, and your order gets sandwiched, taking a bit of slippage... To put it simply, with sandwiches and arbitrage, what you see are opportunities, but others might just see "fee sources."

I'm now taking a more Zen approach—using limit orders when possible, splitting trades when possible—preferring to earn a little less than to become fuel. AI agents, automated trading, these have become popular again, with grand narratives, but no one really cares about safety details; anyway, I care more about what I signed, who I authorized, and I don't want to end up paying more in gas to revoke permissions than I earned.

What about you?