We did the same thing on a big shop floor last summer. Boss was out of town and the mix came in dry, so we added water at the truck and it saved us. The guys fighting the screed all morning got a break and we finished the pours without anyone standing around waiting on set. People act like adding water is always wrong but a lot of it comes down to the mix design and how hot it is. In Tucson heat that 40 minutes matters more than a slightly lower strength that you will never notice on a driveway anyway.

Honestly, I was the same way with paper tickets until my dog ate a whole week's worth of logs and I had to guess everyone's hours from memory. That was a mess of epic proportions, so I get the appeal of going digital. Now I just have to remember to charge my phone, which is basically the same skill I never had.

Did you try explaining why the original was hard to work with, or did you just take the L? I've been there too, and honestly the boring fix usually wins because no one wants to be the one who has to debug it at 2am when it breaks.