January 18, 2023Your First Contribution to CPythonDo you love Python? I certainly do. Have you ever thought how cool it would be to contribute to it? Sounds scary? It is not! Python, or more specifically CPython as the reference implementation of the Python programming language is called, is an open source project like any other - nothing magical. Other resources While there are many great resources out there to prepare you for the first contribution, such as...
June 1, 2022Oh Open Source Supply Chain Security, Where Art Thou?“This is horrifying. But also not surprising.” These are the words of a friend of mine, a security specialist, when I told him what I found out today. But first… What is Open Source Supply Chain? Most applications nowadays use open source libraries, especially for common functionality like e.g. sending web requests, so it is not necessary to re-invent the wheel all the time. This is great! This saves a lot of work, time and money, and usually when a library is widely used, it is rock stable....