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> Max Howell (mxcl) created Homebrew fifteen years ago

> Despite that, Max continues to hype himself as the creator of Homebrew

You cut off “every chance he gets. This understandably by unfairly causes confusion when he uses it to legitimise his crypto grifts”.

It’s easy to change the meaning of sentences when you deprive them of their context.

Not really sure this is a worthwhile complaint.

By your own admission, Max was a creator of Homebrew. I’m not really sure what 1.0 has to do with anything. It’s an arbitrary release name.

Yeah, lots of software stay on beta or 0.x.x for years.

> Max Howell (mxcl) created Homebrew fifteen years ago

> a project of which he has not been a part of for more than twice as long than the time he was ever in it

So, the guy created the project and stayed for about 5 years.

The Homebrew developers are getting flack for something negative they have nothing to do with because someone who no longer has anything to do with the project blatantly positions himself like he does. That is the problem.

Just look at the confusion that causes:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39510756

That’s a small (but recent) example. On most HN Homebrew discussions I still see someone thinking Max is related to it.

Exactly. This is why I am so unimpressed when I read biographies about Henry Ford.