SMD passives on perfboard

"I know there are SMD soldering videos and have watched multiple. "
We don't know what you know or what research you have done.

"I'm specifically about the combination perf board and SMD. "
It's my guess every in EE has done this at one time or another.
If you feel there is a need for a video, hone your soldering skills a bit and make one, put it on YouTube.

This is getting ridiculous. One side give a little bit too much praise, the other tells me which way round to hold a soldering iron. This is getting nowhere."
8)

LarryD:
Here is an interesting method.
A GND plain is there when you need one.

Hello there,

That's actually quite a cool looking project idea.

I have to ask though, what are those little solder pad squares that are used to form the solder joints? Are they little cut out squares of double sided PC board?
Where did you get them or did you make them yourself?

That one is not my art work.
They are strips of single sided PCB material that are cut to size.

When I do this kind of thing, I punch out diameter sizes to do the same thing.
Glue them on a solid foil or existing PCB.