Hands-On with Preq - Community-Driven Reliability Problem Detection

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Join us for an exclusive live stream as we explore Preq (pronounced "preek"), the free and open-source tool that's revolutionizing how teams detect and prevent reliability issues before customers notice!

What is Preq?

Preq is a community-driven reliability problem detector that runs hundreds of precise detectors to find bugs, misconfigurations, and software anti-patterns. Powered by Common Reliability Enumerations (CREs) contributed by practitioners worldwide, Preq helps teams see problems earlier and reduce outage risks.

In this stream, you'll discover:
• Live demonstration of Preq detecting real-world reliability issues
• How to leverage community-contributed problem detectors
• Setting up and running Preq in your infrastructure
• Understanding Common Reliability Enumerations (CREs)
• Contributing your own detectors to the community
• Best practices for log hunting and problem detection
• Impact analysis and mitigation strategies
• Behind-the-scenes with the creators and Prequel's Reliability Research Team
• Live Q&A - get your questions answered directly!

Perfect for:
• Site Reliability Engineers (SREs)
• DevOps engineers
• On-call support teams
• Platform engineers
• Anyone passionate about system reliability

Key Features We'll Cover:
✅ Detecting bugs, misconfigurations, and anti-patterns
✅ Community-recommended mitigations
✅ Log analysis and problem hunting
✅ Integration with existing monitoring stacks

🔔 Don't forget to:
• Subscribe and hit the notification bell
• Star the project on GitHub
• Join the Preq community

💬 Join the conversation:
Drop your questions in the live chat - we'll be addressing them throughout the stream!

🔗 Learn more:
• Official website: prequel.dev
• GitHub: https://github.com/prequel-dev/preq
• Documentation: https://docs.prequel.dev/

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