Mike McQuaid

Interviewed by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots.

I was on a call with a bunch of people involved in other prominent open source projects a few weeks ago.

My friend and former GitHub coworker Jason Rudolph died in May 2026.

Interviewed by The Tech Lounge Podcast.

Interviewed by Keumars Afifi-Sabet on ITPro.

Most people just use GitHub Actions to run their tests.

Interviewed by Anamarija Pogorelec on Help Net Security.

Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 6.0.0.

Panel at SOOCon26 Edinburgh.

Interviewed by Matthew Sparkes on New Scientist.

“It’s the duty of all Free Software developers to steal as much time as they can from their employers for software freedom.”

Open source maintainers at profitable companies: stop asking permission to fix what your employer already depends on.

Your regular reminder that shitting on OSS on social media is a selfish thing to do.

I wonder how much of people loving or hating meetings is down to how well they can type or multitask.

“I’m excited to work with you, the company seems great.

Interviewed by Emanuel Maiberg on 404 Media.

This was a good read and reflects my experiences.

I’ve been using AI tools since early 2021 when I was invited to test out the Copilot internal alpha at GitHub (where I spent 10 years).

I’ve worked from home since 2009.

At work, you have two jobs: being good at your job, being pleasant to work with.

Every time you open an issue or pull request with “No description provided”, an open source maintainer dies.

Interviewed by The Register.

One of the strengths of Homebrew, despite it being unpopular, is being willing to break backwards compatibility when necessary.

Presented at FOSDEM 2026.

Presented at FOSDEM 2026.