What

An Open Source Program Office (OSPO) coordinates strategy, compliance, and contributions. Learn what an OSPO is, why it exists, and how it works.

OpenSSF is a cross-industry initiative improving open source software security. Understand why it exists, how it works, and its role in securing the software supply chain.

SBOM is a Software Bill of Materials listing all components in software. Understand why it exists, how it works, and its role in software supply chains.

Exponential backoff is a retry strategy that increases wait time between attempts. Learn why it exists, how it works, and when to combine it with jitter.

Nushell is a modern shell that uses structured data instead of text streams. Understand why Nushell exists, how it works, and when to use it.

PESTLE analysis reference: definitions, components, and usage for Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Environmental factors.

SWOT analysis reference: definitions, components, format, and usage for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats in strategic planning.

Jitter is timing variation that creates bursts and tail latency. Understand measured jitter, backoff jitter, and why it matters in retries.

Retry storm: when retries multiply load and turn partial failures into outages. Learn how they happen, how to detect them, and how to prevent them.

Thundering herd: when many clients do the same work at once and overload a dependency. Understand why it happens, what it looks like, and how to reduce risk.

Backpressure: a system’s way of saying “slow down” before overload turns into timeouts and retries. Understand why it matters and what signals it uses.

Load shedding rejects work during overload so systems stay usable. Learn why it matters, what it looks like, and how it prevents retry storms.

OpenChain is an international standard for open source license compliance. Understand why it exists, how it works, and its role in software supply chains.