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Saying No | Mike McQuaid
Jan 20, 2022 - How to build boundaries and reliably say no at work, drawing on Brené Brown’s BRAVING and treating consistency like a good API for relationships.
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https://mikemcquaid.com/interviews/this-ai-tool-rips-off-open-source-software-without-violating-copyright/
This AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright | Mike McQuaid
Apr 21, 2026 - “The ethics fucking suck. Open source isn’t just source code you download once. It’s an ongoing relationship.”
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https://mikemcquaid.com/cv/
Curriculum Vitae | Mike McQuaid
CTPO and Homebrew Project Leader
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https://mikemcquaid.com/bootstrapping-gem-coop-governance/
Bootstrapping gem.coop Governance | Mike McQuaid
Oct 9, 2025 - How I helped gem.coop bootstrap democratic governance and financial transparency, why I stepped back, and hopes for community-led Ruby stewardship.
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https://mikemcquaid.com/thoughts/20260319173434/
Job security for engineers is dead. | Mike McQuaid
Mar 19, 2026 - Job security for engineers is dead. Career security is what matters. You build it by learning, changing, taking risks, being reliable and stepping outside your...
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24 Posts, 1 Following, 2.28K Followers · I'm CTPO at Administrate, Homebrew Project Leader, ex-GitHub Principal Engineer, author of Git in Practice and an OSS...
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https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/speaker/mike_mcquaid/
FOSDEM 2026 - Mike McQuaid
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https://mikemcquaid.com/thoughts/
Thoughts | Mike McQuaid
CTPO and Homebrew Project Leader
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https://mikemcquaid.com/minimum-viable-engineering-management/
Minimum Viable Engineering Management | Mike McQuaid
Sep 26, 2025 - Guide to lightweight engineering management when you lack full-time managers: clear 1:1s, feedback, context sharing and just enough process to keep teams...
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https://mikemcquaid.com/about/
About Me | Mike McQuaid
Hi, I’m Mike McQuaid.
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https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/what-happened-to-rubygems-and-what-can-we-learn/
What happened to RubyGems and what can we learn? | Mike McQuaid
Jan 31, 2026 - Lessons for non-Ruby projects on non-profits, governance, money and access in open source, drawn from the RubyGems dispute.
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https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/
Talks | Mike McQuaid
Slides and, when available, recordings of talks I’ve given.
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https://mikemcquaid.com/fun-with-feeds/
POSSE, Blog and Feed Updates | Mike McQuaid
Dec 18, 2025 - How I leaned harder into POSSE on this site: added a Thoughts section, reshuffled feeds and homepage, wired everything to POSSE Party/newsletter, and what...
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https://mikemcquaid.com/rubygems-contribution-data-with-homebrews-tooling/
RubyGems Contribution Data with Homebrew’s Tooling | Mike McQuaid
Sep 24, 2025 - Using Homebrew’s contribution tooling to share RubyGems organisation activity data, explain access decisions, and advocate for transparent, metrics-driven...
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https://mikemcquaid.com/antisocial-networking/
Antisocial Networking | Mike McQuaid
Mar 1, 2015 - Two recent posts made me reconsider how I used social networking.
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https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2025/10/21/homebrew-and-open-source-on-macos-with-mike-mcquaid/
Homebrew and macOS Package Management with Mike McQuaid - Software Engineering Daily
Jan 15, 2026 - Homebrew is a widely used package manager that simplifies the installation of open-source software on macOS. It was created in response to the growing demand...
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https://mikemcquaid.com/sandboxed-agent-worktrees-my-coding-and-ai-setup-in-2026/
Sandboxes and Worktrees: My secure Agentic AI Setup in 2026 | Mike McQuaid
Apr 14, 2026 - Stop babysitting one AI at a time. Sandboxing lets them run wild safely, Git worktrees let them run in parallel. Use more tokens, get more velocity.
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Mike McQuaid | CTPO and Homebrew Project Leader
CTPO and Homebrew Project Leader
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Replacing Boxen | Mike McQuaid
Jun 15, 2016 - When I started working at GitHub my GitHub-provided MacBook was bootstrapped with Boxen. Boxen is a tool for managing OS X development machines using Puppet to...
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https://www.michellemcquaid.com/
Home | Michelle McQuaid
Apr 29, 2025 - Backed by science. Trusted by leading organizations. The Michelle McQuaid Group mission is to make the science and practices of thriving effective,
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https://mikemcquaid.com/interviews/how-homebrew-became-mac-package-manager-with-mike-mcquaid/
How Homebrew Became Mac’s Package Manager with Mike McQuaid | Mike McQuaid
Jan 27, 2026 - Mike McQuaid explains how Homebrew grew from a side project into macOS’s de facto package manager and how the project is sustained today.
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https://mikemcquaid.com/software-estimation-choices/
Software Estimation Choices | Mike McQuaid
Dec 9, 2025 - Breaks estimation into quality, scope and delivery-date tradeoffs, argues you can only pick two at once, and suggests padding and communication to set...
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https://mikemcquaid.com/articles/
Articles | Mike McQuaid
Articles, mostly about software, I’ve written over the years.
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https://mikemcquaid.com/interviews/mike-mcquaid-if-you-don-t-like-it-quit/
Mike McQuaid: If You Don’t Like It, Quit | Mike McQuaid
Oct 17, 2025 - Also available in swear-free/bleeped version on The Changelog and Friends podcast There will be bleeps.
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https://mikemcquaid.com/interviews/
Interviews | Mike McQuaid
I sometimes give interviews about open source, Workbrew, Homebrew, Git, GitHub and other things.
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https://mikemcquaid.com/prompts-pranking-peers/
Prompts Pranking Peers | Mike McQuaid
Apr 7, 2026 - Recreating office-style pranks in a remote AI-loving world
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https://mikemcquaid.com/interviews/ruby-central-report-reopens-wounds-over-rubygems-repo-takeover/
Ruby Central report reopens wounds over RubyGems repo takeover | Mike McQuaid
Apr 1, 2026 - “If your project hasn’t argued about governance or money yet, it will one day. Be prepared and try to do this before it becomes a problem.”
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