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Mike McQuaid

@mikemcquaid

@MacHomebrew project leader. Workbrew CTPO. ex-@GitHub.

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Proud of this one. Following a Shape Up process to get new features to customers every ~8 weeks. The velocity of shipping is incredible over here.

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Co-founders John Britton and Mike McQuaid joined Heavybit’s Open Source Ready podcast to share the story of Workbrew. They unpack their journey in dev tools, the evolution of Homebrew, and what’s next for developer environments. 🎧 Listen now: buff.ly/hqUKLeT

Co-founders <a href="/johndbritton/">John Britton</a> and <a href="/MikeMcQuaid/">Mike McQuaid</a> joined <a href="/heavybit/">Heavybit</a>’s Open Source Ready podcast to share the story of Workbrew. They unpack their journey in dev tools, the evolution of Homebrew, and what’s next for developer environments.

🎧 Listen now: buff.ly/hqUKLeT
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Why will open source maintainers thrive in the LLM era? > They have honed the skill of rapidly reviewing large volumes of unfamiliar or newly contributed code. This skill is useful, perhaps even essential, for effectively leveraging LLM output. Interested? Check out the post:

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Some of the best advice I ever got from seasoned OSS leaders was to stop doing work that others on the project could do instead. Step back, let others step up and focus my energy on higher impact problems. This advice proved even more applicable as CTPO of Workbrew, too.

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Douglas Adams: "I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2. Anything that's invented between when you’re 15 and 35

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As per usual, Mike McQuaid's latest post resonate with me a lot: it really feels like having being an #OSS maintainer for so long allowed me to skill up my ability to review code quickly - and that's a very good advantage in an LLM world (rly rec reading it all, ton of insights)

As per usual, <a href="/MikeMcQuaid/">Mike McQuaid</a>'s latest post resonate with me a lot: it really feels like having being an #OSS maintainer for so long allowed me to skill up my ability to review code quickly - and that's a very good advantage in an LLM world

(rly rec reading it all, ton of insights)