All of you political junkies out there probably woke up this past Tuesday ready to consume vast quantities of analysis about the results of the Democratic Caucus and what it meant for the rest of the election season. Instead what you got was … the electoral equivalent of a 404 Page Not Found message.

That’s because the mobile app used to record votes during the process was dealing with glitches that made it difficult for some precinct chairs to record and transmit the votes from their districts. The WSJ reported the app was created by Shadow, a small Washington, D.C. tech firm. 

While not as much of a calamity as the hanging chad fiasco of yore, it is another reminder that while technology has made our lives more convenient in many ways, it also is not perfect, and can sometimes be a hindrance rather than a boon.