Simon Willison: TILs on homebrew

homebrew Automatically maintaining Homebrew formulas using GitHub Actions - 2023-06-21

I previously wrote about Packaging a Python CLI tool for Homebrew. I've now figured out a pattern for automatically updating those formulas over time, using GitHub Actions. …

homebrew Running the latest SQLite in Datasette using Homebrew - 2022-02-28

I made a pleasant discovery today: Homebrew are very quick to update to the latest SQLite release (here's their formula), and since Datasette when installed via Homebrew uses that version, this means you can use brew update sqlite to ensure you are running the most recent SQLite version within Datasette. …

homebrew Running a MySQL server using Homebrew - 2021-06-11

First, install MySQL like so: …

homebrew Upgrading Python Homebrew packages using pip - 2020-10-14

VisiData 2.0 came out today. I previously installed VisiData using Homebrew, but the VisiData tap has not yet been updated with the latest version. …

homebrew Browsing your local git checkout of homebrew-core - 2020-08-27

The homebrew-core repository contains all of the default formulas for Homebrew. …

homebrew Packaging a Python CLI tool for Homebrew - 2020-08-11

I finally figured out how to package Datasette for installation with Homebrew. My package was accepted into Homebrew core, which means you can now install it like this: …