Finally finished the deck. Here's what I learned the hard way

Took me 4 weekends but the deck is done. I'm talking about 200 square feet, built it myself with help from my neighbor who actually knows what he's doing. Most important things I learned: buy better tools than you think you need, measure more than once (I measured like 20 times), and don't try to do it all yourself if you can help it. The finished product looks solid and I'm pretty proud. Cost me about 2k in materials but it's way cheaper than hiring someone. If anyone's thinking about this just do it, you got this.