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!

00:01:00 Introductions

00:01:29 When Max started Tea.XYZ

00:03:51 British plugs

00:08:10 Literally rolling out of bed to work

00:11:49 The value of meetups

00:13:14 Getting into open-source

00:23:00 Mandrake

00:25:02 Turning frustration into action

00:30:47 Deno

00:40:28 OSX’s relationship with Unix

00:55:33 Trying out Ruby

01:01:13 April Fools prank ideas

01:04:13 The cause of sleepless nights with Homebrew

01:14:41 What got Max inspired to do Tea

01:19:53 From startup to company

01:41:55 Farewells

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Links:

• Tea.XYZ:
  • Website: https://tea.xyz/
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/teaxyz_
  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tea.xyz/
  • Github: https://github.com/teaxyz
  • Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/teaxyz
  • Discord: https://discord.com/invite/KCZsXfJphn

References:

• 101 on Package Management:
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_manager
• Deno:
  • https://deno.land/

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