As a software engineer with years of experience building cloud systems and decades of experience in technology in general, I can agree that Medium has some real issues that would cause heads to roll at companies where I’ve worked in the past.

I’ve thought about reaching out to them and offering assistance. I build stuff that runs for years nearly bug-free and I’m not even kidding — check out some of my work or ask former teammates and employers.

It’s not that this stuff is that hard. It’s actually easier to write clean, durable software that runs perfectly than it is to write bug-filled spaghetti code.

Here is a good rule of thumb: Bugs are not “just a part of software”. Contrary to popular theory it is entirely possible to build systems that work perfectly, some of which do so for years (usually those we take for granted until someone screws it up, like flight control or global telecommunications and other critical stuff).

Medium is a great platform, however it’s a shame that it has so many problems, some of which I can tell are entirely unrelated to which browser you are using (and it should NOT matter in 2019 if it’s built right and you’re using a browser made within the last several years). An error 500 is a server or server-side networking issue, period. Nothing you can possibly do as a user should ever, ever cause a 500 under any circumstances ever period.

Good luck Medium and give me a shout when you’re ready to build stuff that rarely breaks (if ever).