Not all BOMs are created equal 👀

In the physical world, a Bill of Materials (BOM) is straightforward:

• 🔩 You list the parts
• 🏭 You know the suppliers
• 📋 You track inventory

But a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) is…different. And trickier.

Modern software isn’t built from physical parts. It is assembled from code created across the globe 🌍:

• 🏫 Libraries
• 📦 Packages
• 🔗 Dependencies
• 🔧 Build tools
• ⛓️ Sometimes even unknown transitive dependencies (your dependencies’ dependencies)!

On top of that, SBOMs need to be:

• 🤖 Machine-readable
• 🛠️ Up-to-date with every build
• 📝 Traceable to a version and source
• 💼 Portable across systems and vendors

This isn’t a list you write once and forget. It is dynamic and it must evolve with your software development lifecycle. ♻️

So yes, the concept of a BOM exists in both hardware and software…but SBOMs? They play a different game entirely. 🧠

Have you ever tried creating or consuming an SBOM? What was the hardest part?

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