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by mikemcquaid 1y ago
Posted an update in a thread (or whatever you're meant to call it) on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mikemcquaid.com/post/3lz7klsyue22f TL;DR: I've been given a lot of private nuance from both si
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by mikemcquaid 1y ago
Not Homebrew, yes me. Just trying to mediate and meeting with as many people on both sides (past and present) as possible.
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by mikemcquaid 1y ago
I'm trying to help, where I can, to mediate. On a call right now about this. Had 4 in the last 24 hours with affected parties past and present on both sides. I'm not involved beyond just caring a lot about Ruby.
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by mikemcquaid 1y ago
As a Scottish former founder with a bunch of founder mates outside the US: > Why does a company want to be a US company A big part of this is “they want investment from US VCs which demand it”. Stripe Atlas and co. have made it easier an
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Homebrew 4.6.0(brew.sh)
3 points by mikemcquaid 1y ago|0 comments
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by mikemcquaid 1y ago
Yup, that’s fair. Maybe I’m being overly optimistic to think that we can get to established best practises that the vast majority of engineers will follow. Time will tell, I guess.
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by mikemcquaid 1y ago
> such that someone abusing LLM tooling today—especially a junior—is crippling their own learning I don't agree with this if they follow the guidelines I've discussed in this post about e.g. actually reviewing and ensuring they
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by mikemcquaid 1y ago
I've been thinking for a while about what it was about my experience of LLMs that differed so much from some of the naysaying I hear. I feel like my ~16 years experience reviewing PRs on Homebrew makes reviewing LLM output feel easier
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Why Open Source Maintainers Thrive in the LLM Era(mikemcquaid.com)
3 points by mikemcquaid 1y ago|6 comments
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by mikemcquaid 1y ago
Thanks for the kind words <3 Rewrite in Rust: never :) A non-Ruby frontend may be possible but, fundamentally, the Formula DSL is Ruby and we couldn't feasibly move to another language without breaking backwards compatibility with e
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by mikemcquaid 1y ago
Hi! I'm the Homebrew Project Leader, happy to answer any questions about this release.
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by mikemcquaid 1y ago
Yeh, for sure it’s a choice. I just feel like far more of my US friends make this choice than my Scottish ones.
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by mikemcquaid 1y ago
I don’t live in the US so have no idea about that. I have friends who are parents who make below the median household income in the U.K. who make time for hobbies and socialising (including with me). Resources help but I know many people wi
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by mikemcquaid 1y ago
Good on you. Sounds like we have mostly made the same choices. It’s possible, even if some folks like to convince themselves it’s not.
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by mikemcquaid 1y ago
I live in Scotland. HCOL here is not very H, despite living in the most expensive city. Part of the reason I don’t live in America is I see a lot of people on salaries 2-4x mine who seem to be unable to have time to see their friends.
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by mikemcquaid 1y ago
£3.2k a year here. Most people on HN have tech jobs. I don’t drink coffee. I barely drink alcohol. I’ve never bought a new car. Again: it’s probably possible for many people here but some people prefer to convince themselves it’s impossible
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by mikemcquaid 1y ago
Make friends with people at the gym. Kills two birds with one stone. Is this great for everyone? Nope. Is it better than having no friends? Probably.
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by mikemcquaid 1y ago
You’re on HN because it’s Saturday and you’re relaxing. I’m in an Uber to go see some gym friends because my kids are in the bath and almost ready for bed. Another night this week: I’ll do the same for my wife. Zero judgment here, genuinel
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by mikemcquaid 1y ago
I have 2 young kids, run a widely used open source project and a startup, eat dinner with my kids 6/7 nights a week and do this. Here’s some ways how: My best friend comes over once a weekend and we watch the TV that my wife doesn’t wa
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How and why I interview engineers for Workbrew(mikemcquaid.com)
1 points by mikemcquaid 2y ago|0 comments
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by mikemcquaid 2y ago
I know a lot of physiotherapists/physical therapists. They all talk about excessive rest causing more issues than not enough rest. It’s potentially reckless to rest excessively, it just doesn’t feel that way.
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by mikemcquaid 2y ago
Living longer, being stronger and being happier all make it worth it, though.
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by mikemcquaid 2y ago
This post was written by Issy Long, a member of the Homebrew Project Leadership Committee (PLC). I'm Homebrew's Project Leader (and Workbrew CTO) so if you have any queries for either of my "hats" here: let's hear t
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by mikemcquaid 2y ago
Hey everyone, I'm a cofounder of Workbrew (and maintainer of Homebrew). Happy to discuss anything related to Workbrew here.
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by mikemcquaid 2y ago
I'm the CTO and Cofounder of Workbrew (and Project Leader of Homebrew). Happy to answer any questions folks here may have that wasn't covered in the article.
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by mikemcquaid 2y ago
You’re welcome, glad we’re able to help.
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by mikemcquaid 2y ago
Ideally: don’t! We distribute our own Ruby at this point so it’s not super easy. I love (and still reach for) Ruby but it’s not the easiest cross-platform dependency for something like Homebrew. Go is my go to for easy CLIs nowadays.
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by mikemcquaid 2y ago
There’s not much to tell. They provided us with a bunch of hardware for the Apple Silicon transition and we have contacts internally for both sides to help the other.
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by mikemcquaid 2y ago
Apple can't acquire Homebrew. It's an independent, non-profit open source project and community and will remain that way. We collaborate with Apple and continue to want to maintain and grow that relationship.
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by mikemcquaid 2y ago
Hi, Homebrew Project Leader here! Let me know if you have any thoughts or questions on anything related to Homebrew 4.4.0 (or Homebrew in general, really).

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