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On-Call and First Responder: One Rotation to Rule Them All original ↗

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Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 7.0.0.original ↗

13 Sept 2026

Inside Modern Software Engineering with Homebrew’s Mike McQuaid original ↗

20 Aug 2026

Open Source Must Be Fun (Or It Will Die)original ↗

26 Jul 2026

In Memory of Jason Rudolph original ↗

17 Jul 2026

Join the OSS Resistance with Mike McQuaid original ↗

26 Jun 2026

Why is Windows 11 so disliked by programmers – and can Microsoft do anything to change things?original ↗

23 Jun 2026

Make GitHub Actions Do More For You original ↗

22 Jun 2026

Homebrew tightens tap security, begins work on its interface original ↗

18 Jun 2026

Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 6.0.0.original ↗

11 Jun 2026

Flood of AI ‘garbage’ is pushing open-source developers to the limit original ↗

5 Jun 2026

The impact of AI on open source software development original ↗

5 Jun 2026

“It’s the duty of all Free Software developers to steal as much time…original ↗

14 May 2026

Open source maintainers at profitable companies: stop asking…original ↗

13 May 2026

Your regular reminder that shitting on OSS on social media is a…original ↗

8 May 2026

I wonder how much of people loving or hating meetings is down to how…original ↗

4 May 2026

“I’m excited to work with you, the company seems great.original ↗

21 Apr 2026

This AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright original ↗

21 Apr 2026

This was a good read and reflects my experiences.original ↗

14 Apr 2026

Sandboxes and Worktrees: My secure Agentic AI Setup original ↗

14 Apr 2026

Prompts Pranking Peers original ↗

7 Apr 2026

At work, you have two jobs: being good at your job, being pleasant to…original ↗

2 Apr 2026

Every time you open an issue or pull request with “No description…original ↗

1 Apr 2026

Ruby Central report reopens wounds over RubyGems repo takeover original ↗

1 Apr 2026

One of the strengths of Homebrew, despite it being unpopular, is…original ↗

31 Mar 2026

What happened to RubyGems and what can we learn?original ↗

31 Jan 2026

Package Management Learnings from Homebrew original ↗

31 Jan 2026