Is it just me, or is software buggier across the board?: SKIP, 25/100 | Ideas Lab

A platform to aggregate and track software bugs across devices to determine if quality is actually declining or if it's confirmation bias.

The pain

Developers and users feel like software quality has degraded but have no objective way to measure it. They can't distinguish between personal bad luck, their own misconfiguration, and actual industry-wide decline. This creates frustration and paranoia.

The gap

No centralized system exists to collect bug reports across different software, devices, and users to establish whether quality is genuinely declining. Existing bug trackers are siloed per product. There's no cross-product trend analysis.

Build angle

Start by building a browser extension or mobile app that lets users log bugs they encounter with one click, tagging device, OS, software, and severity. Aggregate anonymously to show trends: Is Chrome buggier this quarter? Did iOS 18 introduce more crashes? Create public dashboards showing bug frequency over time by product category.

Strengths

Real problem with real frustration behind it, developers do feel this way
Data collection mechanism is straightforward and low-friction
Could produce genuinely useful trend data that doesn't exist today
Natural viral loop if results are surprising or validate user suspicions

Risks

Idea is currently just a question, not a solution, no clear business model or monetization path
Requires massive user base to generate statistically meaningful data; chicken-and-egg problem
Users may not consistently report bugs; selection bias will skew results
Software companies have no incentive to engage with or validate findings
Could be solved by existing analytics platforms (Sentry, Bugsnag) pivoting slightly
The actual answer might be 'no, software isn't buggier', then what?

Fly Labs Method

Is the pain real, is there a gap, is it the right time, can one person build it.

25

Value Equation

Dream outcome and how likely it feels, against the time and effort it costs.

15

One-Person Business

Curiosity pull, identity fit, and a path from free value to paid for a solo creator.

35

Viral Frameworks

Hook strength, shareability, and how cheaply it can be tested.

20

Builder Lens

Evidence the problem exists, timing, defensibility, and a model that fits on a napkin.

30

Five lenses, one composite. How scoring works

The angle

Start by building a browser extension or mobile app that lets users log bugs they encounter with one click, tagging device, OS, software, and severity. Aggregate anonymously to show trends: Is Chrome buggier this quarter? Did iOS 18 introduce more crashes? Create public dashboards showing bug frequency over time by product category.

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