Bug Blindness(danluu.com)
397 points by davidmckenna 11 days ago | 274 comments
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HN Discussion:
  • Bug blindness stems from users' mental models being too aligned with or too disconnected from the system
  • The author's examples are weak; search failures and similar issues aren't really bugs
  • Users don't notice bugs due to normalization of deviance and constant software churn
  • Users develop workarounds and avoidance workflows rather than perceiving bugs
  • Human brains evolutionarily filter out repeated stimuli, explaining why bugs go unnoticed