\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">https://xkcd.com/2347/\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\u003C!-- /wp:image -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>While he is not a crypto bull, Max was inspired with a solution for the open source funding dilemma by his efforts to buy and sell an NFT. A contract written in code and shared in public enforced a rule sending a portion of his proceeds to the digital objects original creator. What if the same funding mechanism could be applied to open source projects? \u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>In March of 2022, Max and his co-founder launched \u003Ca href=\"https://tea.xyz/\">Tea\u003C/a>, a sort of spirtual successor to Homebrew. It has a lot of new features Max wanted in a package manager, plus a blockchain based approach to ensuring that creators, maintainers, and contributors of open source software can all get paid for their efforts. \u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>You can read Max’s launch post on Tea \u003Ca href=\"https://medium.com/teaxyz/tea-brew-478a9e736638\">here\u003C/a> and yes, of course there is a \u003Ca href=\"https://tea.xyz/white-paper/\">white paper\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://the-stack-overflow-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/max-howell-homebrew-tea-open-source-funding/transcript/\">TRANSCRIPT\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->","html","2022-11-18T17:37:24.000Z",{"current":179},"the-creator-of-homebrew-has-a-plan-to-get-open-source-contributors-paid-ep-506",[181,188,193,198,203],{"_createdAt":182,"_id":183,"_rev":184,"_type":185,"_updatedAt":182,"slug":186,"title":187},"2023-05-23T16:43:21Z","wp-tagcat-homebrew","9HpbCsT2tq0xwozQfkc4ih","blogTag",{"current":187},"homebrew",{"_createdAt":182,"_id":189,"_rev":184,"_type":185,"_updatedAt":182,"slug":190,"title":192},"wp-tagcat-max-howell",{"current":191},"max-howell","max howell",{"_createdAt":182,"_id":194,"_rev":184,"_type":185,"_updatedAt":182,"slug":195,"title":197},"wp-tagcat-tea-xyz",{"current":196},"tea-xyz","tea.xyz",{"_createdAt":182,"_id":199,"_rev":184,"_type":185,"_updatedAt":182,"slug":200,"title":202},"wp-tagcat-podcast",{"current":201},"podcast","The Stack Overflow Podcast",{"_createdAt":182,"_id":204,"_rev":184,"_type":185,"_updatedAt":182,"slug":205,"title":207},"wp-tagcat-the-stack-overflow-podcast",{"current":206},"the-stack-overflow-podcast","the stack overflow podcast","The creator of Homebrew has a plan to get open source contributors paid (Ep. 511)",[210,216,222,228],{"_id":211,"publishedAt":212,"slug":213,"sponsored":12,"title":215},"614538a9-c352-4024-adf1-fa44a9f911b6","2025-09-18T13:36:47.162Z",{"_type":10,"current":214},"stack-overflow-is-helping-you-learn-to-code-with-new-resources","Stack Overflow is helping you learn to code with new resources",{"_id":217,"publishedAt":218,"slug":219,"sponsored":12,"title":221},"9fd8968d-abaa-4253-b14b-3129c6e85408","2025-09-10T17:00:00.000Z",{"_type":10,"current":220},"ai-vs-gen-z","AI vs Gen Z: How AI has changed the career pathway for junior developers",{"_id":223,"publishedAt":224,"slug":225,"sponsored":12,"title":227},"1d082483-6dc6-424b-8b09-9c84b54779da","2025-09-02T17:00:00.000Z",{"_type":10,"current":226},"back-to-school-developers-at-stack-overflow-have-some-advice-for-you","Back to school? Developers at Stack Overflow have some advice for you",{"_id":229,"publishedAt":224,"slug":230,"sponsored":12,"title":232},"5cd91820-9515-4be5-87ae-e919fd443c18",{"_type":10,"current":231},"getting-started-on-stack-overflow-a-step-by-step-guide-for-students","Getting started on Stack Overflow: a step-by-step guide for students",{"count":234,"lastTimestamp":235},4,"2023-05-25T09:47:55Z",["Reactive",237],{"$sarticleModal":238},false,["Set"],["ShallowReactive",241],{"sanity-jONJvygVd3XdzQHnsJ4He8EZ0YaxQyOR08UVij3Y6fU":-1,"sanity-comment-wp-post-21172-1758207582105":-1},"/2022/11/18/the-creator-of-homebrew-has-a-plan-to-get-open-source-contributors-paid-ep-506"]