The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
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Curl is a full-time job (and turns 23)
1 hour 17 minutes Posted Apr 12, 2021 at 2:45 pm.
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This week we’re talking with Daniel Stenberg about 23 years of curl. Daniel shares how curl came to be, what drives and motivates him, maintaining a good cadence of an open source product, what to expect from http3, how many billions of users curl has, and Daniel also shares some funny stories like the “Spotify and Instagram hacking ring.”

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