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Comment by asimilator | original | Bug Blindness
[−]asimilator · 2026-08-30 Sun 01:33 UTC · link
> The second one is most software contains bugs. Users that expect to get things done simply choose workflows to avoid the worst consequence of those bugs very quickly.

I feel like a substantial source of everyday irritation are bugs like this in bad software. It’s frustrating that devs just don’t care.

You could make software that doesn’t require your users to work around its shortcomings.

[−]sublinear · 2026-08-30 Sun 02:18 UTC · link
> You could make software that doesn’t require your users to work around its shortcomings.

If the users are missing the mark so bad that they're wiping their asses with suede, I'd argue the documentation and examples are at fault.