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Who uses, recommends or left Homebrew, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
5 people
To make my shell experience on OS X bearable, I use homebrew (I shudder to think how things used to be on OSX).
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview, given while he was CTO of the Obama 2012 campaign.
2012-02-01·usesthis.com ↗
Homebrew — package manager; I track my setup in this Brewfile repo.
His /uses page, a list of the hardware, software and tools he uses daily for work and life. The date here is the page's own article:modified_time metadata.
2025-05-14·jeffpaul.com ↗
Homebrew - macOS Package Manager
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
2024-09-29·garden.narze.live ↗
Homebrew - The Missing Package Manager for macOS
Her /uses page, a "non-exhaustive list of things I use". The page is undated (footer (c) 2023) and mina.codes has no public source repo, so no publication date could be established.
2023-12-01·mina.codes ↗
All of the above are installed using Homebrew and Homebrew Cask. Take a look at my Brewfile in my dotfiles for more info. This allows me to move to a new machine and be up and running incredibly quickly.
His /uses page, "Software and hardware that I use". The date here is the page's own article:published_time metadata.
2020-01-30·marclittlemore.com ↗
Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.
The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
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