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Dec 12, 2022 1 hr 43 min

148: Package Management with Max Howell

from Programming Throwdown Hosted by Patrick Wheeler and Jason Gauci with Guest Max Howell

Package managers are an often-overlooked aspect of any operating system, but their importance is not to be underestimated – especially in today’s development environment. As both creator of Homebrew and CEO of tea.xyz, Max Howell is intimately familiar with the ins and outs of open-source development, software engineering, and balancing passion with practicality. He shares these experiences and more with us in today’s deep dive into the subject!

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148: Package Management with Max Howell

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Chapters

  1. 0:15 Introduction and Remote Work
  2. 3:58 British Plugs and Design
  3. 7:39 Building remote teams
  4. 12:59 The Choice of Ruby
  5. 17:57 Discovering Open Source
  6. 21:17 The vision behind tea.xyz
  7. 25:23 Navigating Dependency Hell
  8. 29:40 Introduction to Deno
  9. 32:55 Engaging Early Adopters
  10. 35:30 The origins of Homebrew
  11. 40:28 Why MacPorts is slow
  12. 45:35 The evolution of Taps
  13. 49:10 The failed Google interview
  14. 52:39 The Philosophy of Homebrew
  15. 56:06 Ruby vs. TypeScript
  16. 1:03:23 The Reality of Legacy Code
  17. 1:11:38 The decline of software patents
  18. 1:15:01 The inspiration for Tea.xyz
  19. 1:24:24 Life at Big Companies
  20. 1:28:48 The Vision for Tea.xyz
  21. 1:35:31 Empowering open-source developers
  22. 1:40:06 The Future of tea.xyz

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