In the modern digital environment, most users are accustomed to perceiving updates as something big and noticeable: new design, features, interfaces or capabilities that immediately catch the eye. Updates are associated with something significant that adds new potential to a system. At the same time, bug fixes — meaning corrections of errors in software — often seem less noticeable and even “boring.” However, in reality, they are fundamentally important and, in some cases, even more critical than large-scale updates. To understand why, it’s worth examining the nature of bugs, their impact on stability and security, and how to correctly evaluate the quality of software.