Microsoft To Do app crashes frequently is a software problem in Productivity & Work. It has a heat score of 60 (demand) and competition score of 55 (existing solutions), creating an opportunity score of 41.0.
Microsoft To Do crashes regularly during normal use, disrupting user workflow and risking data loss for unsaved tasks. Despite having a well-designed interface and good conceptual foundation, the application's frequent stability issues make it unreliable for daily task management. Users report crashes occurring during list editing, syncing, and switching between views, forcing them to restart the app multiple times per session.
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“Show HN: Write SaaS apps where users control where their data is stored Hello HN, I would like to share with you linkedrecords.com - an open source backend as a service I'm working on since some time now. You can think of it as an firebase/convex alternative with an interesting twist. In 2018 I needed to write large software requirements/architecture documents in Google Docs. While I was annoyed by the limitations of Google Docs back then (no captions on figures, no automatic head”
“Ask HN: After 8 Years of Failed Apps, Should I Give Up? I’m asking because I have been trying for eight years, before AI and vibe coding. I’m an IT engineer and a hard worker. During all those years, I tried to build tens of apps. I was always so excited at first, but after a short time, I would get demotivated and realize that my app was useless. So I would stop, get excited about another app, and repeat the same cycle over and over. I stopped for one year because I had built a great app. It wa”
“Ask HN: Has Microsoft forgotten how to test software? This is a serious question. I've an older Mac with some critical apps that runs a slightly obsolete macOS. This OS version is no longer supported by Edge and Chrome 151+. This did not stop Edge from auto-updating to a known incompatible version and bricking itself. One minute I had the browser open; the next, the icon was overlayed with the Ghostbusters symbol and could do nothing but display a dialog explaining that my OS is unsupported”
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Several solutions exist but there is room for differentiation through better UX, pricing, or focus.
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