A database of broken things to identify common failure modes and how to fix them
We never hear about broken and worn-out products. Pretty much all gear nowadays is baseline ok, it’s the negatives that really set things apart.<p>For once, let's turn it all upside down:<p>We should build a collection about how things break - review broken and worn-out products to teach how to identify cheap products. That's why I built failscout.co<p>It's simple: You upload your broken products and quickly describe how long you owned them, how often you used them, and where they failed.<p>Everything breaks eventually, but when it does, can you easily repair/fix it? That's why users can suggest a fix to a broken/inconvenienced product.<p>What could we do with all this data?<p>- Identifying the common failure modes of product<p>- Collect fixes for common product failures<p>- See if a product's quality has changed or gone down at some point<p>- Add a simple JSON API so other sites and projects can leverage our data.