Ask HN: Is it just me, or is software buggier across the board?

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Post by kadhirvelm » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 1:41 PM UTC

I feel like I’m going crazy, I’ve been hitting the strangest bugs across all my devices in the last 6 months. Is anyone else experiencing this too?

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Post by truthbe » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 1:58 PM UTC

This will sound rude, but.. Obviously

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Post by lkbm » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC

I think software has always been terribly buggy. Back in the day, things would crash (including your entire OS in many cases) all the time. These days, it's more often smaller, stupid UX issues, but that's been the situation for a few years. I've seen no difference over the past six months.

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Post by jameskilton » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC

If you're ever asking "Is it just me?", the answer is "no".

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Post by JohnFen » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC

You're not going crazy. This has been the trend for a long time now.

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Post by trio8453 » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC

We've always had bugs. Good chance that it's largely confirmation bias - you're familiar with how software development has changed in the past 6 months, and especially if you don't like it, any time you see a bug or a problem, you'll attribute it to that.

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Post by karmakurtisaani » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC

I had one encounter with an obviously vibe coded website last year. Everything looked great, but nothing worked. Had to deal with the company over email.

Things might be better now, but that was a clear warning of what future may hold.

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Post by scrapcode » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC

I think this is the natural path of things...

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Post by hasahmed » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC

100%

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#10

Post by lackoftactics » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC

Not only buggier, but less usable overall. We can not blame everything on AI. For example events discovery platforms and ticket platforms were way better decade ago, you could search by popularity, friends going to the same event and there wasn’t as much fragmentation. That part you could blame on Cambridge Analytica scandal and late capitalism love of algorithmic feeds