@Khron
I admit that I am even more guilty.
I like to build according to the point-to-point method, in the air, without a traditional PCB, or on a metal plate with a few solders in the GND points.
Maybe the rigidity of the assembly is lower, but in decades I have never had problems. I make very robust solders and in general the resulting structure absorbs shocks and vibrations well.
The big advantage is that I don't have to work a lot to manufacture the PCB (I do it completely manually: drilling, drawing, corrosion with hydrochloric acid with perhydrol/perogen, pickling, etc.) or I don't have to buy it elsewhere (price, taxes, transport , waiting time, etc.). When changing some components I don't have to make improvisations on the PCB.
So I just enjoy it, build quickly, with finer, temporary solders like a spider's web, if necessary shield everything in a bare metal cd player case, and experiment until I like the result, often making dozens of changes , without the risk of damaging the PCB or components. When I am satisfied, I draw the new diagram, with the new measured values.
Experimenting gives me great satisfaction, especially when I push things to the extreme.
If I decide to keep the circuit then I robustly rebuild it all p2p, using the same components from the experimental prototype.
Many years ago, during the communist dictatorship, the national TV program (the only one) lasted 2 hours! It contained only propaganda. Manipulation, indoctrination.
So I built huge Yagi antennas, or phased array antenna systems, and very high gain/low noise VHF/UHF amplifiers. We managed to receive programs from Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria (from hundreds of km away) and sometimes when the atmosphere was strongly ionized, we received Nordic countries, through reflections on the ionosphere, troposphere (thousands of km away: TV-DX). We build all the HF amplifiers p2p in metal cases and position them on the antenna, close to the vibrator/dipole/simetrizer for best S/N ratio.
The antennas vibrated strongly from the wind being placed on the roofs of the blocks as high as possible to improve the electromagnetic horizon, but I never had any problems with mechanical resistance.
In the mid-80s, I built satellite receivers and LNC/LNB, also using the p2p method, the requirements being even stricter with the increase in frequency.
In circuits with tubes as well, I preferred p2p montages even if it was a bass, guitar combo amplifier that vibrates strongly.
In conclusion, I'm perfectly fine with any way to solve the problems, if it's reliable.
