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

**[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A Hacker News discussion thread asking whether software quality has declined broadly, with commenters pointing to QA team cuts and management prioritizing features over polish as key causes.

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