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The conference call countdown glared at me - 00:03:17 - as panic clawed up my throat. My trembling fingers hovered over the "share screen" button, paralyzed by the grotesque monstrosity in my presentation: a 97-character abomination of tracking parameters that looked like a cat had danced on my keyboard. "Just paste the registration link," the client's voice crackled through my headset, unaware that this digital Frankenstein would devour half my slide. I'd spent weeks crafting this pitch, only t