I left GitHub after 10 years to cofound Raise.dev. After an early failed experiment building IoT developer tools, we pivoted and built Workbrew: an enterprise-friendly layer over Homebrew, a project I’ve maintained since 2009 and led since 2019. Two years in, we’ve raised VC funding, built a remote team, and have happy, paying customers. Here’s what I learned so far.| Mike McQuaid
More and more open source projects are seeking to get financial support from their users. In this post I’m going to talk about the approaches we’ve taken in Homebrew and their pros and cons.| Mike McQuaid