158: Software Supply Chain with Bill Manning

In today’s episode, Jason and Patrick dive deeply with JFrog’s Senior Solutions Engineer, Bill Manning. With the conversation tackling the depth and complexity of software supply chains, vulnerabilities and more, Bill deftly offers grounded advice to listeners old and new.   00:00:26 Introductions 00:00:40 Bill’s plethora of job titles 00:09:33 The excitement of learning a language 00:15:08 Mechanical keyboards 00:21:17 Bill’s advice on adapting 00:27:55 What a supply chain is 00:34:28 Castle analogies 00:40:55 Unpacking legalities 00:52:11 Log4J 00:54:41 What JFrog does 01:01:16 What can go wrong 01:08:08 Getting started in this space 01:14:15 Careers in JFrog 01:20:23 Farewells

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