Where is all the new, good software?(natemeyvis.com)
26 points by ingve | 36 comments
Blog post by Nate Meyvis offering conjectural answers to why AI coding hasn't visibly produced more new, good software.
#software-quality on Hacker News
19 stories tagged software-quality, newest first.
The Era of Software Quality, or the Era of Ostriches?(blogs.gnome.org)
60 points by birdculture | 39 comments
A blog post by GNOME developer Michael Catanzaro titled "The Era of Software Quality, or the Era of Ostriches?" discussing software quality.
The era of software quality, or the era of ostriches?(blogs.gnome.org)
28 points by vinhnx | 64 comments
Blog post by Michael Catanzaro on GNOME blogs discussing whether the industry is entering an era of software quality or ignoring quality problems.
On caring for user data: NeoVim caused Vim undo files to be deleted(unsung.aresluna.org)
346 points by jandeboevrie | 306 comments
A blog post on the Unsung software craft blog about NeoVim deleting Vim undo files and developers' duty of care toward user data.
Bug Blindness(danluu.com)
378 points by davidmckenna | 239 comments
Dan Luu essay arguing that most people encounter the same software bugs he does but fail to notice them, and that products often ship badly broken.
Taste Is All That's Left(notashelf.dev)
640 points by tsak | 500 comments
A personal blog essay arguing that taste is the remaining differentiator in software development, with sections on friction, economics, and the flood of new software.
If coding has been solved, why does software keep getting worse?(ptrchm.com)
702 points by pchm | 526 comments
Blog essay arguing that despite hype about AI solving coding and an 'Agentic Era', software quality keeps getting worse.
The Tower Keeps Rising(lucumr.pocoo.org)
517 points by cdrnsf | 239 comments
Blog post by Armin Ronacher using Bruegel's Tower of Babel as a metaphor for how vibecoded software changes unpredictably and the shared understanding that technological progress depends on.
The cult of vibe coding is dogfooding run amok(bramcohen.com)
541 points by drob518 | 454 comments
Bram Cohen blog post arguing that the leaked Claude source code's poor quality reflects vibe coding dogfooding taken to cult-like extremes.
Our commitment to Windows quality(blogs.windows.com)
567 points by hadrien01 | 1034 comments
A Windows Insider blog post by Pavan Davuluri at Microsoft about the company's commitment to improving Windows quality.
Bugs Apple Loves(bugsappleloves.com)
803 points by nhod | 348 comments
A website cataloging long-standing Apple software bugs and estimating the total time humanity has wasted because Apple hasn't fixed them.
AI coding assistants are getting worse?(spectrum.ieee.org)
414 points by voxadam | 658 comments
IEEE Spectrum guest article by Jamie Twiss arguing newer AI coding assistants are more prone to silent but deadly failure modes.
Last Week on My Mac: Losing confidence(eclecticlight.co)
376 points by frizlab | 200 comments
A weekly column on The Eclectic Light Company blog by Howard Oakley reflecting on losing confidence in Apple and macOS.
What happened to Apple's legendary attention to detail?(blog.johnozbay.com)
618 points by Bogdanp | 418 comments
John Ozbay's blog post arguing that Apple's attention to detail in its products and software has declined over the last 8-10 years.
Apple needs a Snow Sequoia(reviews.ofb.biz)
950 points by trbutler | 743 comments
An opinion review on Open For Business arguing Apple should release a bug-fix focused macOS update akin to Snow Leopard for Sequoia.
Apple's Software Quality Crisis(eliseomartelli.it)
1052 points by ajdude | 1028 comments
Blog post by Eliseo Martelli arguing that Apple's software quality has declined, citing problems with his iPad Air M2 despite its premium hardware.
CrowdStrike ex-employees: 'Quality control was not part of our process'(semafor.com)
506 points by everybodyknows | 256 comments
Semafor article in which former CrowdStrike employees describe rising technical errors and weak quality control before the July 2024 global outage.
You are never taught how to build quality software(florianbellmann.com)
480 points by RunOrVeith | 411 comments
Blog post by Florian Bellmann arguing that software developers are never formally taught how to build quality software and discussing QA practices.
Software disenchantment(tonsky.me)
422 points by InsiderTesla | 286 comments
Nikita Prokopov's blog essay lamenting slow, bloated, inefficient modern software and the industry's tolerance of poor quality.