I'm CTPO at Administrate, Homebrew Project Leader, ex-GitHub Principal Engineer, author of Git in Practice and an OSS and developer productivity leader.
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"PCs for Dummies" published 1999 and found in my parents house had some absolutely gold content:
- we "Nerds" love helping beginners (as long as they RTFM and fill in the issue templates) but watch out for those "False Nerds", folks
- some prophetic words about supply-side security, particularly for NPM users
- and finally: it's just computers, folks, let's not take it so seriously, they don't really matter
Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 6.0.0.
Since 5.1.0: secure tap trusting, faster JSON API, Linux sandboxing, better defaults, brew bundle improvements, improved performance, initial macOS Golden Gate support.
Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 6.0.0. The most significant changes since 5.1.0 are a new tap trust security mechanism, the new faster, smaller, default internal Homebrew JSON API, sandboxing on Linux, better defaults informed by our user survey, many brew bundle improvements, improved performance and initial support for macOS 27 (Golden Gate).
I gave a talk: The impact of AI on open source software development
Five experienced open source practitioners cut through the hype to ask what AI is actually doing to the communities, projects, and humans that keep open source alive.
https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/the-impact-of-ai-on-open-source-software-development/
Flood of AI ‘garbage’ is pushing open-source developers to the limit
Interviewed by Matthew Sparkes on New Scientist.
“The skill right now is being able to skim and spot nonsense while investing as little of your own time as you possibly can.”
“It’s the duty of all Free Software developers to steal as much time as they can from their employers for software freedom.”
Jeremy Allison, co-creator of Samba and, at the time, a Google employee.
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Open source maintainers at profitable companies: stop asking permission to fix what your employer already depends on.
No paperwork. No programme. No manager’s blessing. Just maintain it on the clock.
Your regular reminder that shitting on OSS on social media is a selfish thing to do.
Good job sapping volunteer maintainers’ motivation in exchange for your “internet points”.
Next time: try rolling up your sleeves and contribute a fix to the problem you’ve identified.
