The software supply chain is, as most of us know by now, both a blessing and a curse. It’s an amazing, labyrinthine, complex (some would call it messy) network of components that, when it works as designed and intended, delivers the magical conveniences and advantages of modern life: Information and…

It’s become an annual thing. Every year there are stories or reports reminding us of the almost magical benefits provided by connected medical devices. Defibrillators, pacemakers, insulin pumps, and more, that can be attached or embedded into our bodies, and monitored remotely, to let us live relatively normal lives instead…

The security of open source software may finally get the attention it deserves. Or, to make it more personal, the attention you deserve. Because you use it and depend on it. Everybody does. That’s the primary reason some of the biggest names in tech — including members of the trillion-dollar…

When it comes to the future of digital applications, the operative word is “more,” which invokes one of those good-news / bad-news scenarios. More of them — dozens of millions already with more entering the market every day. With more bells. More whistles. More uses. More capabilities. More features. All…

There’s a reason the “too many cooks ..,” cliché is a cliché. It’s almost always true. Too many people working on the same task can (and often does) degenerate into conflict and chaos. The job, if it gets done at all, gets done poorly. Perhaps the U.S. government will be…

It’s hard to say “politics aside” and be serious these days when talking about Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Twitter owner-in-waiting, and richest man in the world. But seriously, apart from the unending avalanche of commentary on the possible political implications of Musk’s impending Twitter takeover, there is…

“Software is eating the world” has become a cliché since Mosaic creator and Netscape cofounder Marc Andreessen coined it in 2011. More recently it’s becoming clear that it needs an update: Software could determine whether the people in the world will eat — or not. Indeed, there are benefits and…

Nobody likes being shamed. That’s why, in many areas of life, it’s essentially banned. Especially when it comes to things largely out of people’s control, like body type or addiction. There’s nothing redeeming or constructive about it — it’s simply cruel and destructive. …

If you use software — and today we all do — you use open source software. If you’re in business, no matter what your brand says or what your products are, you’re a software company, which means you’re also an open source software company. That means you need to know…