Eric Anderson (@ericmander) meets legendary open-source developer Max Howell (@mxcl) to talk about tea, a decentralized protocol for remunerating the open-source ecosystem. Max is the creator of Homebrew, and he chats about his exit from the project. The conversation turns to his newest project, tea, which is an evolution of Brew, and takes inspiration from blockchain technology. They also discuss Max’s famous interview at Google and his time working for Apple.
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In this episode we discuss:

Max’s experience creating Homebrew, one of the largest open-source projects ever
The utility of Web3 beyond decentralized finance
Writing a white paper for tea, “just like everyone else”
Why Max wants a global team, with people in every time zone
How tea ensures a sustainable future for open-source

Links:

Homebrew
tea.xyz
tea white paper
Bitcoin white paper
Max’s Google interview tweet
Log4j vulnerability
“Nebraska” XKCD comic
Nix OS

People mentioned:

Timothy Lewis

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