TechCrunch Startup News Prequel is building a community-driven approach to finding software bugs
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Dec 18, 2024 A startup is revolutionizing software bug detection with a community-driven approach. By mirroring cybersecurity practices, they empower developers to collaborate and share insights on vulnerabilities. This method not only promotes proactive solutions but also fosters a robust database of software failure patterns, paving the way for more reliable software development.
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Community-Driven Bug Detection
- Prequel applies the community-driven approach of cybersecurity to software bug detection.
- It creates a database of software failure patterns updated by a community of engineers.
Seeking External Help for Software Issues
- Lyndon Brown shared how engineers struggle with software failures, needing to search extensive data logs.
- He even had to call former employees for help, highlighting the difficulty of finding experts.
Inspiration for Prequel
- Brown and Meehan questioned the lack of a system for software bugs similar to security vulnerability sharing.
- This led them to create Prequel, aiming to build a community around known software failures.