Max Howell

Catch Max on DO Radio's Tomorrow's World with Jon Kaye, 22 to 28 June.

Max Howell is a software developer, open-source builder and the creator of Homebrew, the package manager that changed how millions of developers use their Macs.

If you are not a developer, Homebrew may not mean much. If you are, it’s probably one of those tools you installed years ago, use all the time, and barely think about anymore. Which is, in many ways, the point.

Homebrew is used by tens of millions of developers around the world, inside start-ups, open-source projects and some of the biggest technology companies on earth.

Do Radio Show Notes

What makes Max’s story interesting is not just the scale of what he built, but the way he built it.

Homebrew came from the open-source world: a place where people make things because they need them and share them because others might need them too. A bit like Do Radio…

This is a conversation about making something that matters. And about the strange, often under-appreciated people who build stuff that everyone needs.