I just need to vent how bad # is. It chews up to s of CPU and memory and crashes. And no backward compatibility so one is stuck with it. New designs will stay on KiCAD 9 going forward.

It's like the Chrome browser 40GB mandatory download (that I refuse to use bc surveillance).

#badsoftware

One of the truly funny moments in my tech writing: I forget what the project was, but during final edits of an actually not very large manual, Microsoft Word bleated this https://nxdomain.no/~peter/dokumentet_er_for_stort.jpg at me.

This translates to "The document is too large to save. Delete some of the text before saving."
#badsoftware #documenttoolarge #microsoftword #MSFT #errormessage

#google #software #badsoftware #verybadsoftware #shitsoftware #modernsoftware #enshittification

Somebody needs to be killed for the Google Maps API.

Not sacked, killed.

I'm sorry, I don't make the rules.

Me in 2000: I hate Microsoft's business practices but I'm conflicted because some of their products are really good.

Me now: ... Why do I have to use this trash?

#microsoft #fuckthis #badsoftware #enshittification

@whitequark ERP with "fat" desktop client that has "superuser" database credentials hardcoded in application. And these credentials are basically "app:app".

#erp #badsoftware #fail

NEVER install these programs on your PC... EVER!!!

We have talked about what software every PC should have... but today we are going to talk about what software you should NEVER install... EVER! Get an iFixit...

YouTube

Digital photo frames: seemingly simple, yet so many are utterly terrible. This piece dives into the murky world of subpar screens, atrocious software, and sneaky subscriptions.

Turns out, finding a truly good one is a quest. What's one piece of tech that *should* be simple but rarely is?

#TechInsights #ConsumerTech #BadSoftware #DigitalLife #Engadget
https://www.engadget.com/home/smart-home/best-digital-frame-120046051.html?src=rss

The best digital frames for 2026

You'd think making a good digital picture frame would be easy, but that's not the case. The market is positively littered with scads of digital photo frames ...

Engadget

@ElleGray
#EightSleep CEO Matteo Franceschetti said, “We will work the whole night+24/7 to build an outage mode so the problem will be fixed extremely quickly.”

software "engineering" by idiots, it seems 😡 #badSoftware #stupidSoftware

#Safeway (#Albertsons) self-check-out station software bug - consumer-facing *production software* in use in major national grocery store chain! WTH! - app in endless loop. Message: “Please wait, help is on the way”. Workaround: go to other checkout station and scan everything all over. ☹️😡 Hyper-capitalist commerce in the early 21st century.😡
#SoftwareBug #BadSoftware #StupidSoftware #EverythingIsStupid #EverythingIsBroken