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# You don't kill a bug by finding it
- URL: https://cje.io/2026/09/21/you-dont-kill-a-bug-by-finding-it/
- Published: 2026-09-21T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-21T15:59:59.000Z
- Author: Casey Ellis
- Tags: Hot Takes

I've never really believed that you just kill a bug by finding it. This is the guy who started Bugcrowd, so I need to actually say that out loud from time to time, because people assume that I do believe that. I don't.

Fixing the basics isn't going to come from screaming at people: "You still suck at this, and now we're just going to tell you more often." It comes from reducing the cost of actually fixing stuff. If we do that, I think we've got a good shot at clearing out some of the cruft, and then we can get to work on the more gnarly stuff.

*From my conversation with Fede Kirschbaum on XBOW's [Offense Taken](https://youtu.be/MYLvQpXE1nc?t=837&ref=cje.io).*