# Responsible and Effective Bugfinding

DevFeed: [Responsible and Effective Bugfinding](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/responsible-and-effective-bugfinding-39744.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.regehr.org/archives/2037>)

Author: regehr

Published: 2020-08-17T18:36:43Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Embedded in Academia](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/embedded-in-academia.md>)

Topics: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [computer-science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-science.md>), [defects](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/defects.md>), [report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/report.md>), [software-correctness](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-correctness.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how to conduct external bug-finding efforts so they maximize overall benefit. It argues that bug finders should work carefully and collaboratively with software developers instead of overwhelming projects with large numbers of reports.

## Source excerpt

NB: This piece is not about responsible disclosure of security issues. For almost as long as people have written code, we have also worked to create methods for finding software defects. Much more recently, it has become common to treat "external bug finding" -- looking for defects in other people's software -- as an activity [...]