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by jaclaz 1561 days ago
>So it's probably an issue with myself that needs fixing, right?

You are feeling guilty because you care about your (your app) customers, this is not (IMHO) an issue, it is only you being a "good" person (like hopefully most people).

But 1% (if it is 1%) can (still IMHO) be a lot.

Let's say (for the sake of reasoning) that the app is about invoicing.

One of your customers used to be able to prepare 8-10 invoices per hour and now, thanks to your app, is able to make 16 instead, BUT every 6 hours or around 100 invoices one fails, the work done is lost and it takes "a few hours" to solve the problem.

Hardly an increase in productivity.

0.01% or 1 in 10,000 would be probably acceptable in this completely hypothetical scenario.

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> You are feeling guilty because you care about your (your app) customers, this is not (IMHO) an issue, it is only you being a "good" person (like hopefully most people).

Yep. Perhaps an unpopular opinion but developers should care. They should feel bad about their bugs. At the same time, recognize that shit happens and you're not going to be perfect. But take that negative energy and use it at motivation to reflect on how you made that mistake and what steps you could take to avoid it in the future.