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 Resources mentioned in this episode: Join the Programming Throwdown Patreon community today: https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h   Subscribe to the podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793 Links: Bill Manning: Website: https://about.me/billmanning Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williammanning/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/williammanning JFrog: Website: https://jfrog.com/ Careers: https://join.jfrog.com/ Artifactory: https://jfrog.com/artifactory/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jfrog-ltd/ Others: Liquid Software: https://liquidsoftware.com/ SolarWinds hack incident: https://www.wired.com/story/the-untold-story-of-solarwinds-the-boldest-supply-chain-hack-ever/ Transitive dependencies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitive_dependency More Throwdown? Check out this prior episode: 153: ChatGPT: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/2023/03/153-chatgpt.htmlIf you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/   Reach out to us via email: [email protected]   You can also follow Programming Throwdown on  Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM | Youtube   Join the discussion on our Discord Help support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★