Max Howell

@mxcl

Creator of Homebrew. You’re welcome and I apologize. Now building the security layer for what happens when AI agents use it: @AutomicVault

Apex, NC, USA

Max Howell
@mxcl
Nov 5
I'm confused about who the supposed “conservatives” are.
Clash Report
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Nov 5
Bernie Sanders: Democrats must enact a national moratorium on AI data centers, must pause advanced AI development, and ban superintelligence. A moratorium on data centers is exactly what the American people want.
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Max Howell
@mxcl
Nov 5
Homebrew being in the news was basically the worst possible thing that could happen for me. lmfao.
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Max Howell
@mxcl
Nov 4
curl one liners trigger people apparently. They want a dedicated .pkg. Which also can run arbitrary scripts. And once anything is installed by any mechanism it can basically run arbitrary scripts too. So then you're really just talking about race conditions on inspecting the
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Max Howell
@mxcl
Nov 3
One thing that is definitely new now agents are a thing. I get a lot more unsolicited email from normal people just asking interesting questions. The emails all start with “thanks for Homebrew!”
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Max Howell
@mxcl
Nov 3
Google is responsible for the Binance hack. It’s impossible to know how many people out there have compromised Homebrew installations. Googling for Homebrew should show you Homebrew not obvious malware that Google’s vast resources could easily have identified as such.
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