diff --git a/package_managers/homebrew/jq/dependencies.jq b/package_managers/homebrew/jq/dependencies.jq
index 9e7181a..56b9055 100644
--- a/package_managers/homebrew/jq/dependencies.jq
+++ b/package_managers/homebrew/jq/dependencies.jq
@@ -1,37 +1,30 @@
-# build_dependencies
-# dependencies
-# test_dependencies
-# optional_dependencies
-# uses_from_macos
 # TODO: variations (linux only, by architecture)
-# all of the above are the fields that contain dependency info for Homebrew
 
-# uses from macos sometimes specifies build / test -- right now logging that as macos only
-
-[.[] | 
-.name as $name |
-(
-  (.uses_from_macos // []) | 
-  map({
-    package: $name,
-    dependency_type: "uses_from_macos",
-    dependency: (if type == "object" then keys[0] else . end)
-  })
-),
-(
-  (.dependencies // []) | 
-  map({package: $name, dependency_type: "dependency", dependency: .})
-),
-(
-  (.test_dependencies // []) | 
-  map({package: $name, dependency_type: "test_dependency", dependency: .})
-),
-(
-  (.optional_dependencies // []) | 
-  map({package: $name, dependency_type: "optional_dependency", dependency: .})
-),
-(
-  (.build_dependencies // []) | 
-  map({package: $name, dependency_type: "build_dependency", dependency: .})
-)
-| .[]]
\ No newline at end of file
+[.[] | {
+  package_name: .name,
+  build_deps: .build_dependencies,
+  runtime_deps: .dependencies,
+  recommended_deps: .recommended_dependencies,
+  test_deps: .test_dependencies,
+  optional_deps: .optional_dependencies,
+  uses_from_macos: .uses_from_macos
+} | 
+  # here's where we'd substitute the depends_on_type ids, for each depends_on type ids
+  # the `[]` at the end is to ensure that we're exploding the arrays, so each dependency gets its own row!
+    {package_name: .package_name, depends_on_type: $build_deps_type_id, depends_on: .build_deps[]},
+    {package_name: .package_name, depends_on_type: $runtime_deps_type_id, depends_on: .runtime_deps[]},
+    {package_name: .package_name, depends_on_type: $recommended_deps_type_id, depends_on: .recommended_deps[]},
+    {package_name: .package_name, depends_on_type: $test_deps_type_id, depends_on: .test_deps[]},
+    {package_name: .package_name, depends_on_type: $optional_deps_type_id, depends_on: .optional_deps[]},
+    {package_name: .package_name, depends_on_type: $uses_from_macos_type_id, depends_on: .uses_from_macos[]}
+  |
+  # now, filter out the null dependencies
+  select(.depends_on != null) |
+  # and only look at the ones that are strings TODO: some are JSONs?
+  select(.depends_on | type == "string") | 
+  # generate the sql statements!
+  "INSERT INTO dependencies (version_id, dependency_id, depends_on_type_id) VALUES (
+    (SELECT id FROM versions WHERE import_id = '" + .package_name + "'),
+    (SELECT id FROM packages WHERE name = '" + .depends_on + "'),
+    '" + .depends_on_type + "');"
+] | join("\n")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package_managers/homebrew/jq/package_url.jq b/package_managers/homebrew/jq/package_url.jq
index f1f767a..04b50df 100644
--- a/package_managers/homebrew/jq/package_url.jq
+++ b/package_managers/homebrew/jq/package_url.jq
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
+# mapping package to urls is straightforward
+# but, in the first normal form we've gotta do the mapping ourselves
+# luckily, homebrew is small enough that we can push some of that work to the db
+
 [.[] | {
   package_name: .name,
   homepage_url: .homepage,
   source_url: .urls.stable.url
-} | [
-  {package_name: .package_name, url: .homepage_url},
-  {package_name: .package_name, url: .source_url}
-] | .[]]
+} | 
+  # here's where we substitute the url type ids, for each url type
+    {package_name: .package_name, type: $homepage_url_type_id, url: .homepage_url},
+    {package_name: .package_name, type: $source_url_type_id, url: .source_url}
+  |
+  # and here we say "for each url, generate an insert statement"
+  "INSERT INTO package_urls (package_id, url_id) VALUES (
+    (SELECT id FROM packages WHERE name = '" + .package_name + "'),
+    (SELECT id FROM urls WHERE url = '" + .url + "' AND url_type_id = '" + .type + "'));"
+] | join("\n")
diff --git a/package_managers/homebrew/jq/packages.jq b/package_managers/homebrew/jq/packages.jq
index b070648..42cef0c 100644
--- a/package_managers/homebrew/jq/packages.jq
+++ b/package_managers/homebrew/jq/packages.jq
@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
-# we just need the name for the packages models
-[.[] | {name: .name, derived_id: ("homebrew/" + .name), import_id: .name, readme: null}]
\ No newline at end of file
+
+[.[] | 
+  "INSERT INTO packages (name, derived_id, import_id, package_manager_id) VALUES ('" +
+  # for every single row, extract the name => it's the only key we need from Homebrew
+  (.name) + "', '" +
+  # the derived_id is the package manager name + "/" + the package name, which enforces
+  # uniqueness on the packages table
+  ("homebrew/" + .name) + "', '" +
+  # the import_id is the same as the package name (used for joins)
+  .name + "', '" +
+  # the package manager ID is passed in as a variable
+  $package_manager_id + "');"
+] | join("\n")
diff --git a/package_managers/homebrew/jq/urls.jq b/package_managers/homebrew/jq/urls.jq
index c51c2fc..3d904c5 100644
--- a/package_managers/homebrew/jq/urls.jq
+++ b/package_managers/homebrew/jq/urls.jq
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
-# homepage is at the main key
-# source is inside stable, and it's the tarball
+# from our sources.json, we're extracting homepage and source:
+  # homepage is at the main key
+  # source is inside stable, and it's the tarball
+
+# for every single row, extract the homepage and source:
 [.[] | {
   homepage: .homepage,
   source: .urls.stable.url
 } | to_entries | map({
+# `map` basically explodes the json, creating two rows for each JSON object
   name: .key,
   url: .value
-}) | .[] | {
-  url: .url,
-  url_type: .name
-}]
\ No newline at end of file
+}) | .[] | 
+# and here, we can generate our SQL statement!
+  "INSERT INTO urls (url, url_type_id) VALUES ('" +
+  .url + "', '" +
+  if .name == "source" then $source_url_type_id else $homepage_url_type_id end + "');"
+] | join("\n")
diff --git a/package_managers/homebrew/jq/versions.jq b/package_managers/homebrew/jq/versions.jq
index 8d76b0d..413d05c 100644
--- a/package_managers/homebrew/jq/versions.jq
+++ b/package_managers/homebrew/jq/versions.jq
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 # homebrew has the problem where there are no versions
 # we're gonna assume the version available is the latest
-# and we'll deal with that later
 
 # TODO: `downloads: .analytics.install_on_request."365d".[$name]`
 # above gives us the downloads for the last 365 days
 # not available in the full JSON API
 
 # TODO: there are also a problem of versioned formulae
+
+# TODO: licenses is in source.json, but we need a long-term mapping solution
+
 [.[] | 
 .name as $name | 
 {
     version: .versions.stable, 
-    import_id: .name, 
-    license: .license
-}]
\ No newline at end of file
+    import_id: .name
+} | 
+"INSERT INTO versions (version, package_id) VALUES ('" +
+  .version + "', '" +
+  .import_id + "');"
+] | join("\n")
diff --git a/package_managers/homebrew/sed/dependencies.sed b/package_managers/homebrew/sed/dependencies.sed
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a4e234..0000000
--- a/package_managers/homebrew/sed/dependencies.sed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-1d
-s%"\([^"]*\)","\([^"]*\)",*%INSERT INTO dependencies (version_id, dependency_id, dependency_type_id) SELECT (SELECT id FROM versions WHERE import_id = '\3'), (SELECT id FROM packages WHERE derived_id = 'homebrew/\1'), (SELECT id FROM dependency_types WHERE name = '\2');%
diff --git a/package_managers/homebrew/sed/package_url.sed b/package_managers/homebrew/sed/package_url.sed
deleted file mode 100644
index ecc6f33..0000000
--- a/package_managers/homebrew/sed/package_url.sed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-1d
-s%"\([^"]*\)","\([^"]*\)",*%INSERT INTO package_urls (package_id, url_id) SELECT (SELECT id FROM packages WHERE derived_id = 'homebrew/\1'), (SELECT id FROM urls WHERE url = '\2') ON CONFLICT ("package_id", "url_id") DO NOTHING;%
diff --git a/package_managers/homebrew/sed/packages.sed b/package_managers/homebrew/sed/packages.sed
deleted file mode 100644
index 6373b11..0000000
--- a/package_managers/homebrew/sed/packages.sed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-1d
-s/"\([^"]*\)","\([^"]*\)","\([^"]*\)",*/INSERT INTO packages (derived_id, import_id, name, package_manager_id) VALUES ('\1', '\2', '\3', '@@HOMEBREW_ID@@') ON CONFLICT ("derived_id") DO NOTHING;/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package_managers/homebrew/sed/urls.sed b/package_managers/homebrew/sed/urls.sed
deleted file mode 100644
index 16f7639..0000000
--- a/package_managers/homebrew/sed/urls.sed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-
-
-1d
-s/"\([^"]*\)","\([^"]*\)",*/INSERT INTO urls (url, url_type_id) VALUES ('\1', (SELECT id FROM url_types WHERE "name" = '\2')) ON CONFLICT ("url", "url_type_id") DO NOTHING;/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package_managers/homebrew/sed/versions.sed b/package_managers/homebrew/sed/versions.sed
deleted file mode 100644
index d3453b7..0000000
--- a/package_managers/homebrew/sed/versions.sed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-1d
-s%"\([^"]*\)","\([^"]*\)","\([^"]*\)",*%INSERT INTO versions (import_id, package_id, "version") VALUES ('\1', (SELECT id FROM packages WHERE derived_id = 'homebrew/\1'), '\3') ON CONFLICT ("package_id", "version") DO NOTHING;%