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Scaling Open Source Observability and Managing Risk in the Software Supply Chain – Avi PressIn this episode of the Security Repo Podcast, Avi Press, founder and CEO of Scarf, dives deep into the evolving world of open source observability and its intersection with security. He unpacks how better visibility into software usage can inform both defensive strategies and smarter commercialization, while raising concerns over the concentrated risk in critical open source dependencies. Avi also shares his thoughts on dependency management, security tooling, and the importance of nuanced data collection in a privacy-conscious world.https://about.scarf.sh/Avi Press is the Founder and CEO of Scarf, a company focused on open source usage analytics. We process over 2 billion open source package downloads every day. Open source maintainer and advocate. Functional programming enthusiast. Avi serves on the Haskell Foundation board, as well as the Haskell.org committee. Avi is a former engineer at Pandora and is based in Oakland, California
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