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Ask HN: Are other people seeing a spike in IT problems with businesses?

A user reports a recent surge in IT problems with businesses, including an insurance billing error and a delayed UPS package, and asks if others are experiencing similar issues.

read1 min views1 publishedJun 17, 2026

| |||||||||||||||| 3 points by | In the last month it seems like I've experienced a surge in businesses having IT screwups. For instance my wife paid my homeowner's insurance bill but they referred my bill to a lawyer for collections and canceled my policy. (To her credit when my agent was notified she got my policy reinstated) Now I have a UPS package that seems to have been stuck in Montana for a week but what I am seeing on the tracker doesn't make complete sense. Have I just had bad luck or are other people seeing this? Can we blame vibe coding? Are we living in Gas Town now? | ||||||||||||||| |

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