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Who is Max Howell?


Max Howell is a software engineer who is best known for creating the popular package manager for macOS called Homebrew. Homebrew allows users to easily install various command-line tools and applications on their Mac computers.

Some key points about Max Howell:

  1. He started developing Homebrew in 2009 to simplify the process of installing software on macOS.

  2. Prior to creating Homebrew, Howell worked at Google as a senior software engineer.

  3. In 2015, he famously tweeted about being rejected by Google after failing to solve a whiteboard coding problem during a job interview, despite being the creator of Homebrew. This led to a widespread discussion about the effectiveness of technical interviews in the software industry.

  4. Howell has also worked on various other projects, including Acorn and a number of open-source libraries and tools.

  5. He is an advocate for open-source software and has contributed to numerous open-source projects over the years.

Today, Homebrew remains one of the most widely used package managers for macOS, and Max Howell is recognized as a significant contributor to the software development community.


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March 28, 2024
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