Jekyll 2026-07-19T15:20:01+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks.xml Mike McQuaid | Talks CTPO and Homebrew Project Leader Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com The impact of AI on open source software development 2026-06-05T00:00:00+00:00 2026-06-05T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/the-impact-of-ai-on-open-source-software-development/ Panel at SOOCon26 Edinburgh.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com What happened to RubyGems and what can we learn? 2026-01-31T00:00:00+00:00 2026-01-31T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/what-happened-to-rubygems-and-what-can-we-learn/ Presented at FOSDEM 2026.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Package Management Learnings from Homebrew 2026-01-31T00:00:00+00:00 2026-01-31T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/package-management-learnings-from-homebrew/ Presented at FOSDEM 2026.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Ruby on (Guard)Rails 2024-10-24T00:00:00+00:00 2024-10-24T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/ruby-on-guard-rails/ Presented at Haggis Ruby in 2024.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Workbrew - Homebrew for Mac Admins 2024-09-25T00:00:00+00:00 2024-09-25T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/workbrew-homebrew-for-mac-admins/ Presented at MacAdmins Scotland 2024 meet-up.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Using “modern” Ruby to build a better, faster Homebrew 2024-05-17T00:00:00+00:00 2024-05-17T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/using-modern-ruby-to-build-a-better-faster-homebrew/ Presented at RubyKaigi 2024.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Homebrew’s Evolution 2024-02-04T00:00:00+00:00 2024-02-04T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/homebrews-evolution/ Presented at FOSDEM 2024.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Open Source: boundaries, burnout, business 2023-11-22T00:00:00+00:00 2023-11-22T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/open-source-boundaries-burnout-business/ Presented at OpenUK meet-up in Edinburgh and at FOSDEM 2024.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Homebrew’s Great Migration: moving to GitHub Packages with zero downtime 2023-06-27T00:00:00+00:00 2023-06-27T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/homebrews-great-migration/ Presented at Staff+ London 2023.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Building Effective Relationships 2023-03-16T00:00:00+00:00 2023-03-16T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/building-effective-relationships/ Presented at Staff+ NYC 2023.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Homebrew: What’s Happened and What’s Next? 2023-02-05T00:00:00+00:00 2023-02-05T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/homebrew-whats-happened-and-whats-next/ Presented at FOSDEM 2023.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com The Best Project 2022-09-29T00:00:00+00:00 2022-09-29T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/the-best-project/ Keynote at ScotSoft 2022.

Written up as a blog post: The Best Project.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Ignorance, Incompetence and Insignificance: The Ingredients To Build Great Software 2022-07-27T00:00:00+00:00 2022-07-27T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/ignorance-incompetence-insignificance-the-ingredients-to-build-great-software/ Presented at Turing Fest 2022.

Written up as a blog post: The Best Project.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Staff+: Career Progression Without Management 2022-03-26T00:00:00+00:00 2022-03-26T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/staff-plus-career-progression-without-management/ Unfortunately, the required skills for success drastically differ between ICs and managers. Do you need to transition into a position you may not enjoy or excel at to progress in your career?

In this talk, I’ll present another way: the staff-plus IC career track, allowing career progression without people management, inspired by my experiences moving through Senior and Staff positions to my current position as a Principal Engineer at GitHub.

Presented at Level Up 2022.

Written up as a blog post: What is a Staff (or Staff-Plus or Principal) Engineer?.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Homebrew: A Packagers Deep Dive 2021-11-09T00:00:00+00:00 2021-11-09T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/homebrew-a-packagers-deep-dive/ Based on my experience as a user (and very sporadic packager) of other OS system and language package managers I detail the things I feel that Homebrew does well, badly and what we plan on changing and what we cannot.

Presented at PackagingCon 2021.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Open Source Economics (is not what you think) 2021-10-27T00:00:00+00:00 2021-10-27T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/open-source-economics/ Presented at GitHub Universe 2021.

Written up as a blog post: Open Source Economics (is not what you think).

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Robot Pedantry, Human Empathy 2021-06-09T00:00:00+00:00 2021-06-09T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/robot-pedantry-human-empathy/ Presented at GitHub’s Global Maintainer Summit 2021.

Written up as a blog post: Robot Pedantry, Human Empathy.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Homebrew: macOS Big Sur and ARM 2021-02-06T00:00:00+00:00 2021-02-06T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/homebrew-macos-big-sur-and-arm/ Presented at FOSDEM 2021.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Homebrew: Features and Funding 2020-02-02T00:00:00+00:00 2020-02-02T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/homebrew-2.0.0-features-and-funding/ Presented at FOSDEM 2020.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Being Productive at GitHub 2019-09-19T00:00:00+00:00 2019-09-19T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/being-productive-at-github/ Presented internally at GitHub in 2019.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Building Homebrew in Ruby 2019-04-19T00:00:00+00:00 2019-04-19T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/building-homebrew-in-ruby/ Presented at RubyKaigi 2019.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Homebrew 2.0.0 2019-02-03T00:00:00+00:00 2019-02-03T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/homebrew-2.0.0/ Presented at FOSDEM 2019.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com How To (Not) Fail At Using Open Source Software In Your Organisation 2018-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 2018-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/how-to-not-fail-at-using-open-source-software-in-your-organisation/ Presented at Mode 2 Meetup and Turing Fest in 2018 and TechMeetup Edinburgh in 2019.

Written up as a blog post: How To (Not) Fail At Using Open Source Software In Your Organisation.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Working with others using Git and GitHub 2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00 2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/working-with-others-using-git-and-github/ Presented to students at The University of Edinburgh in 2018.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com Effective Open Source Interactions 2017-08-03T00:00:00+00:00 2017-08-03T00:00:00+00:00 https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/effective-open-source-interactions/ Presented at Turing Fest in 2017.

]]> Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com https://mikemcquaid.com