Your app’s networking directly affects the user experience of your app. Imagine having to wait a few seconds for the page to load. Or even worse, imagine waiting for a few seconds every time you perform an action. It would be infuriating! Before you go on a fixing adventure, it’s a good idea to understand what causes that waiting time. So let’s do that!

Welcome to our 2nd blog in our series on how to securely consume Open Source Software (OSS). Attacks targeting OSS are on the rise, making the security of your software supply chain a top priority. The 1st blog gave an overview of some of the most common types of attacks. Today we’ll explore the Secure Supply Chain Consumption Framework (S2C2F) that can help you mitigate against these attacks.

If you’re into monitoring, Prometheus is probably an essential part of your stack. Thanks to its expressive query language (PromQL), scalability, and configurable data format, it remains one of the most popular tools for data collection. Paired with Prometheus exporters, the tool can adapt to a variety of surroundings, which is one of its strongest points.