I spent an unreasonable amount of my life ensuring a minus sign lands in column 140 of a public-sector ERP file. Not encryption. Not dark magic. Just fixed-width text, invisible spaces, accounting rules, and a spreadsheet acting as an API specification. Welcome to my personal integration hell: https://augustini.wtf/fieldnotes/raindance-fixed-width-personal-hell/ #Raindance #ERP #Integration #FixedWidth #PublicSector #Programming