This week we're joined by Jeff Dickey, the creator of HK, Fnox, Aube, and Mise. We talk about the creation of these tools and what led him to work on them full time with his new company, en.dev. After that we dive into the future of these tools and what's next for Jeff.

    Previous episode: https://www.devtools.fm/episode/129
    https://jdx.dev/
    https://en.dev/
    https://github.com/jdx
    https://jdx.dev/posts/2026-04-17-going-full-time-on-open-source/
    https://github.com/endevco/aube
    https://github.com/jdx/hk
    https://github.com/jdx/fnox

00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:44 Monetizing Open Source
00:08:17 Ad
00:09:21 Aube Node Package Manager
00:21:48 HK Faster Git Hooks
00:29:16 HK and Mise Integration
00:31:23 Fnox Secrets and Leases
00:39:57 Mise Roadmap and OCI Services

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Jeff Dickey, creator of Mise, discusses his new company ondev and the suite of developer tools he's building full-time. He covers four main projects: OB (a native compiled Node.js package manager with lock file compatibility, global virtual store, and sandboxed post-install hooks), HK (a Git hooks manager that runs linters in parallel using read/write locks and dry-run modes), Fnox (a secrets manager integrating SOPS-style encrypted secrets with providers like 1Password and AWS KMS), and Mise itself (a dev environment/tool version manager now with experimental monorepo support and a stable lock file). Jeff also discusses his business model exploring sponsorships, memberships, consulting, and paid services, as well as his AI-assisted workflow using Claude and Codex for code review and issue responses.

Jeff Dickey - Mise, HK, Fnox, and Aube