Mike McQuaid
Job security for engineers is dead.
In case you missed it in Homebrew 5.1.0 release notes: we’re doing a…
Today I’m proud to announce the release of Homebrew 5.1.0.
Great post here from Andrew, particularly on why Homebrew doesn’t…
It’s hard to understate just how much more productive coding agents…
The year is 2068.
The author and I are convinced AI is net positive in engineering…
Google continues to take money for malware pretending to be Homebrew…
Andrew nails here many parts of what actually makes OSS maintaining…
Great take about the cultural requirements to create “10x engineers”
What happened to RubyGems and what can we learn?
Package Management Learnings from Homebrew
How Homebrew Became Mac’s Package Manager with Mike McQuaid
Getting Shit Done in Institutions
The Most Important Skills Going Forward with CTO + Homebrew Maintainer Mike McQuaid
My Parenting “Screen Time” Philosophy
Performance Reviews, Done Right
Politics at Work Without Losing Your Soul
Beyond Engineering: Healthy Tension
POSSE, Blog and Feed Updates
Software Estimation Choices
Software Estimation Choices
When Things Go Wrong: How Leaders Rebuild Trust
Creating and Keeping Momentum
Good Things Take A Long Time
Good Things Take A Long Time
Psychological Safety vs. Telling the Truth
Bootstrapping gem.coop Governance
Bootstrapping gem.coop Governance
Minimum Viable Engineering Management
Minimum Viable Management
Minimum Viable Engineering Management
RubyGems Contribution Data with Homebrew’s Tooling
RubyGems Contribution Data with Homebrew’s Tooling
Why Open Source Maintainers Thrive in the LLM Era
Why Open Source Maintainers Thrive in the LLM Era
How and why I interview engineers for Workbrew
How and why I interview engineers for Workbrew
Two Years Building Workbrew, a Remote-First Enterprise Homebrew Startup
Two Years Building Workbrew, a Remote-First Enterprise Homebrew Startup
Ruby on (Guard)Rails
Ruby on (Guard)Rails
Our Intentions Don’t Matter
Our Intentions Don’t Matter
How I Procrastinate Less
How I Procrastinate Less
More Effective Remote Working
More Effective Remote Working
How To Find A Therapist
My Favourite Open Source Engineering Books
How To Find A Therapist
My Favourite Open Source Engineering Books
Some Financial Advice
Some Financial Advice
Entitlement in Open Source
Entitlement in Open Source
The Best Project
The Best Project
Saying No
Saying No
Hidden Complexities Of Software Estimation
Hidden Complexities Of Software Estimation
Stop requiring specific technology experience for senior-plus engineers
Stop requiring specific technology experience for senior-plus engineers
Open Source Economics (is not what you think)
Open Source Economics (is not what you think)
What is a Staff (or Staff-Plus or Principal) Engineer?
What is a Staff (or Staff-Plus or Principal) Engineer?
The Mentorship Diamond
The Mentorship Diamond
How I Get Things Done
How I Get Things Done
Robot Pedantry, Human Empathy
Robot Pedantry, Human Empathy
Types Of Remote Jobs
My Engineering Values
User and Feature Segmentation in Homebrew