This site states that smt capacitors are not intended to be soldered one end at a time.
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"1) Surface mount ceramic capacitors should NOT be soldered by hand, one contact at a time. They tend to crack or short internally and fail. Or worse- they may be slightly damaged and fail intermittently. Intermittent problems are the most difficult to debug....
....4) Resistors and SOT-23 MOSFETs have enough flex in their packaging to prevent damage when hand soldered."
Is this really a problem?
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"1) Surface mount ceramic capacitors should NOT be soldered by hand, one contact at a time. They tend to crack or short internally and fail. Or worse- they may be slightly damaged and fail intermittently. Intermittent problems are the most difficult to debug....
....4) Resistors and SOT-23 MOSFETs have enough flex in their packaging to prevent damage when hand soldered."
Is this really a problem?