\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},"370eca08-3da8-4a13-b71e-5ab04e7d1f8b","2025-08-28T16:00:00.000Z",{"_type":10,"current":214},"moving-the-public-stack-overflow-sites-to-the-cloud-part-1","Moving the public Stack Overflow sites to the cloud: Part 1",{"_id":217,"publishedAt":218,"slug":219,"sponsored":168,"title":221},"e10457b6-a9f6-4aa9-90f2-d9e04eb77b7c","2025-08-27T04:40:00.000Z",{"_type":10,"current":220},"from-punch-cards-to-prompts-a-history-of-how-software-got-better","From punch cards to prompts: a history of how software got better",{"_id":223,"publishedAt":224,"slug":225,"sponsored":12,"title":227},"65472515-0b62-40d1-8b79-a62bdd2f508a","2025-08-25T16:00:00.000Z",{"_type":10,"current":226},"making-continuous-learning-work-at-work","Making continuous learning work at work",{"_id":229,"publishedAt":230,"slug":231,"sponsored":12,"title":233},"1b0bdf8c-5558-4631-80ca-40cb8e54b571","2025-08-21T14:00:25.054Z",{"_type":10,"current":232},"research-roadmap-update-august-2025","Research roadmap update, August 2025",{"count":235,"lastTimestamp":236},4,"2023-05-25T09:47:55Z",["Reactive",238],{"$sarticleModal":239},false,["Set"],["ShallowReactive",242],{"sanity-jONJvygVd3XdzQHnsJ4He8EZ0YaxQyOR08UVij3Y6fU":-1,"sanity-comment-wp-post-21172-1756767524484":-1},"/2022/11/18/the-creator-of-homebrew-has-a-plan-to-get-open-source-contributors-paid-ep-506"]