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Homebrew vs Stack Overflow

Stack Overflow started first, in 2008, 1 year before Homebrew.

Homebrew 17y 120d since 2009 · Standing Stack Overflow 18y 2d since 2008 · Wavering started first

Why Homebrew lasted

  • It is how a Mac gets Unix software. That sentence has been true for a long time.
  • A volunteer formula tree is a public good with a donation jar.

Why Stack Overflow lasted

  • A decade of ranked answers is still the corpus every model trains on and every search result cites.
  • Reputation as a game actually produced a library.

Questions

Which is older, Homebrew or Stack Overflow?

Stack Overflow started first, in 2008, 1 year before Homebrew.

How long has Stack Overflow been running?

Stack Overflow has been up 18 years 2 days, since 2008-09-15.

How long has Homebrew been running?

Homebrew has been up 17 years 120 days, since 2009-05-20.

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