Hall of Fails — May 2026
25 items this month across all lanes. Ranked by lane weight × log(engagement + 5 × 🔥) × thumbnail bonus; ties by id. All months.
AI Fails & Slop
AI Incidents & Outages
Preview loading issues within project editor
[Resolved] We have identified and deployed a fix for the issues with the preview not loading within project editor and are actively monitoring.
Deployment issue causing 403 errors
[Resolved] We’re investigating an issue impacting Replit Deployments where some users may see an error when trying to access deployed apps.
Clerk API experiencing elevated error rates
[Resolved] Apps developing with Clerk may experience errors and degraded experience
AI Bubble & Money
Nvidia Says Big Tech Will Spend $1 Trillion in Capital Expenditures in 2027: 3 Stocks to Buy If It's Right
Nvidia Says Big Tech Will Spend $1 Trillion in Capital Expenditures in 2027: 3 Stocks to Buy If It's Right Yahoo Finance
Tracking Trillions: The Assumptions Shaping the Scale of the AI Build-Out
Tracking Trillions: The Assumptions Shaping the Scale of the AI Build-Out Goldman Sachs
AI spending expected to top $1 trillion in 2 years. That estimate's way too low if Jensen Huang's right
AI spending expected to top $1 trillion in 2 years. That estimate's way too low if Jensen Huang's right CNBC
AI Capex Fatigue: Why Hedge Funds Are Questioning the Hyperscaler Spending Boom:
AI Capex Fatigue: Why Hedge Funds Are Questioning the Hyperscaler Spending Boom: HedgeCo.Net