Crowdbotics Overview

Crowdbotics helps you build better apps faster and more securely with AI and systematic code reuse.

We are on a mission to radically transform the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) by unlocking the code you’ve already built, so you can focus on the code that makes a difference.

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• Successful code reuse depends on CodeOps

• What is CodeOps?

• Taxonomy of applications

Successful code reuse depends on CodeOps

The Crowdbotics platform pioneers a new approach to application development — CodeOps — that takes the best of AI-driven software development and pairs it with a new, innovative methodology for code reuse. The Crowdbotics CodeOps approach is different because:

• The Crowdbotics platform implements a holistic approach that address code reuse from the idea phase of a project all the way through to deployment.

• The Crowdbotics platform uses industry standard code, frameworks and infrastructure and is designed to work seamlessly with all of your existing DevOps investments. The platform embraces your current workflow and avoids disruption.

• The Crowdbotics platform is only possible because of the recent advancements in large language model-based generative AI. Using this latest generation of technology enables the platform to automate critical steps in the code reuse process that were previously done manually… and failed.

And, while fast isn’t always efficient, efficient is always fast. So we start with efficiency. For most new application development projects, up to 70% of the code required has already been written. Some of that code can be found in open source projects, but more impactfully, much of that code has likely already been created by a developer inside that organization.

What is CodeOps

CodeOps is a process for safely enabling systematic code reuse within an organization using AI.

CodeOps can help you unlock a new level of development efficiency through safe reuse of extensible modules of code that are consistent with your own security and compliance standards.

In short, CodeOps is the practice of maximizing code reuse. Code reuse is the type of opportunity everyone knows is big…But no one knows how big…because most companies don’t have the numbers. After helping hundreds of companies adopt CodeOps as a practice, Crowdbotics has found that up to 70% of code can be reused. While code reuse and modular design have been around for a long time as a practice, they haven’t been repeatable or scalable for most companies. The Crowdbotics CodeOps Platform is designed to make modular application development and reuse simple and easy.

Features of a CodeOps Platform

Adopting a CodeOps platform facilitates modular development and deployment.

Every CodeOps platform has these must-have features:

• Identification of reuse opportunities — Scan requirements and code to identify opportunities for modularization and true ROI.

• Modular development — Create modules for commonly used components like single sign on, connectors to your backend APIs, or integrations with common tools.

• Connective tissue between modules and applications — Identify opportunities to leverage already-built modules based on application requirements and deploy those modules seamlessly.

• Built-in security — Strong security posture to ensure all code generated meets company compliance and security standards.

• Integration with your DevOps stack — Work with, not replace, your existing DevOps tooling.

• Version control and management — Understand which modules have been deployed where, what updates are available, and overall compliance.

• Metrics and visibility — Understand the ROI you are getting from code reuse and identify opportunities to reach your reuse goals.

Taxonomy of applications

Crowdbotics has a very specific view of applications and their component parts.

Applications

A software program built using Crowdbotics that serves a specific purpose. This could be a mobile app, web app, or an internal business tool.

Features

An application is made up of many features. In a CodeOps setting where we’re optimizing for reuse, each feature is implemented by one or more modules. So, in the diagram above:

• Feature 1 is implemented by a single module called Module 1.

• Feature 2 is implemented by Module 2 and Module 3.

• Feature 3 is implemented by Module 3 through Module n.

• You’ll note that Feature n is not implemented by any modules at all. This occurs when a feature is unique to an application and will not be reused.

Archetypes

Many applications share similar feature sets. These feature sets are known as Archetypes. Archetypes can be combined to produce a large percentage of the functionality needed in a full application.

As an example, if a social media company provides two separate products (applications), there will be some overlap in the features of each application. So, Archetype 1 may contain features related to social connections and Archetype 2 may contain features related to image and video sharing. These common archetypes and their features could be reused by both applications.

Modules

A module is a self-contained piece code designed to be reused. In its simplest form, a module is structured as a set of files and folders containing code, configuration options, and metadata.

Modules are a key concept of the Crowdbotics platform.  Learn more here: Modules overview.