Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

I don't care about apologies but error messages should carry actual information.

When user get "Sorry! Something went wrong." he has no handle to complain on the internet. He has no kewords to search for other users complaints and mitigation strategies they came up with.

You as a developer you seriously limit you capacity to react to the things you didn't anticipate if you don't give your users relevant information about which unhappy path your software took in their case.

Unless you have full default telemetry on a piece of always connected software you should give your users informative messages. Not necessarily immediately informative to them but letting them have a keyword for further inquiries.



Consider applying for YC's Winter 2026 batch! Applications are open till Nov 10

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: