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https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/ Talks | Mike McQuaid Slides and, when available, recordings of talks I’ve given. mike mcquaidtalks 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.” mike mcquaidrubycentralreportwounds https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/ruby-on-guard-rails/ Ruby on (Guard)Rails | Mike McQuaid Oct 24, 2024 - The guardrails I love in the Ruby ecosystem and why you should use and love them too. mike mcquaidrubyguardrails 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. mike mcquaidbootstrappinggemcoopgovernance 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. mike mcquaidlike itquit https://mikemcquaid.com/about/ About Me | Mike McQuaid Hi, I’m Mike McQuaid. about memike mcquaid https://mikemcquaid.com/articles/ Articles | Mike McQuaid Articles, mostly about software, I’ve written over the years. mike mcquaidarticles 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... software estimation choicesmike mcquaid https://mikemcquaid.com/my-parenting-screen-time-philosophy/ My Parenting “Screen Time” Philosophy | Mike McQuaid Jan 13, 2026 - Raising kids in an addictive internet without losing your mind (or theirs) mike mcquaidparentingphilosophy 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... engineering managementmike mcquaidminimum https://mikemcquaid.com/why-open-source-maintainers-thrive-in-the-llm-era/ Why Open Source Maintainers Thrive in the LLM Era | Mike McQuaid Jun 3, 2025 - From early Copilot to Cursor/ChatGPT, I share how LLMs changed my workflow and why open source maintainers can thrive rather than be displaced in the LLM era. why open sourcein themike mcquaidmaintainersthrive https://changelog.com/friends/113 There will be bleeps with Mike McQuaid & Justin Searls (Changelog & Friends #113) Mike McQuaid and Justin Searls join Jerod in the wake of the RubyGems debacle to discuss what happened, what it says about money in open source, what... mike mcquaidjustin searlschangelogfriends https://mikemcquaid.com/interviews/the-most-important-skills-going-forward-with-cto-homebrew-maintainer-mike-mcquaid/ The Most Important Skills Going Forward with CTO + Homebrew Maintainer Mike McQuaid | Mike McQuaid Jan 16, 2026 - Mike McQuaid joins Quincy Larson to discuss career lessons and the software engineering skills worth prioritizing next. the mostmike mcquaidimportantskillsgoing 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. we learnmike mcquaidhappenedrubygems 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... mike mcquaidrubygemscontributiondatatooling https://mikemcquaid.com/now/ Now | Mike McQuaid CTPO and Homebrew Project Leader mike mcquaid https://mikemcquaid.com/interviews/homebrew-and-macos-package-management-with-mike-mcquaid/ Homebrew and macOS Package Management with Mike McQuaid | Mike McQuaid Oct 21, 2025 - Mike McQuaid discusses Homebrew’s evolution, open source maintenance on macOS, and practical package management tradeoffs. package managementmike mcquaidhomebrewmacos https://mikemcquaid.com/cv/ Curriculum Vitae | Mike McQuaid CTPO and Homebrew Project Leader curriculum vitaemike mcquaid https://mikemcquaid.com/interviews/ Interviews | Mike McQuaid I sometimes give interviews about open source, Workbrew, Homebrew, Git, GitHub and other things. mike mcquaidinterviews https://mikemcquaid.com/thoughts/ Thoughts | Mike McQuaid CTPO and Homebrew Project Leader mike mcquaidthoughts https://mikemcquaid.com/good-things-take-a-long-time/ Good Things Take A Long Time | Mike McQuaid Oct 24, 2025 - Reflections on long-term commitments in life, work and hobbies, why patience compounds results, and when quitting is the right move. a long timegood thingsmike mcquaidtake 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. agentic aimike mcquaidsandboxesworktreessecure 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. package managermike mcquaidhomebrewbecame 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... mike mcquaidposseblogfeedupdates https://mikemcquaid.com/antisocial-networking/ Antisocial Networking | Mike McQuaid Mar 1, 2015 - Two recent posts made me reconsider how I used social networking. mike mcquaidantisocialnetworking https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/package-management-learnings-from-homebrew/ Package Management Learnings from Homebrew | Mike McQuaid Jan 31, 2026 - Homebrew 5.0.0 released in 2025. Walk through the major changes in 5.0.0, improving expectations based on other package managers and what they can learn from... package managementmike mcquaidlearningshomebrew https://mastodon.social/@mikemcquaid Mike McQuaid (@mikemcquaid@mastodon.social) - Mastodon 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... mike mcquaidmastodonsocial https://mikemcquaid.com/ Mike McQuaid | CTPO and Homebrew Project Leader CTPO and Homebrew Project Leader mike mcquaidhomebrewprojectleader 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... software engineering dailypackage managementmike mcquaidhomebrewmacos 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.” open source softwareai toolmike mcquaidripswithout https://mikemcquaid.com/saying-no/ 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. saying nomike mcquaid https://mikemcquaid.com/projects/ Projects | Mike McQuaid A portfolio of my career and hobby projects. mike mcquaidprojects https://mikemcquaid.com/prompts-pranking-peers/ Prompts Pranking Peers | Mike McQuaid Apr 7, 2026 - Recreating office-style pranks in a remote AI-loving world prompts pranking peersmike mcquaid