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