Software at Scale

Software at Scale 42 - Daniel Stenberg, founder of curl

Feb 10 '22

Daniel Stenberg is the founder and lead developer of curl and libcurl.

This episode, along with others like this one, reminds me of this XKCD:

We dive into all the complexity of transferring data across the internet.

[00:30] - The complexity behind HTTP. What goes on behind the scenes when I make a web request?

[11:30] - The organizational work behind internet-wide RFCs, like HTTP/3.

[20:00] - Rust in curl. The developer experience, and the overall experience of integrating Hyper.

[30:00] - Web socket support in curl

[34:00] - Fostering an open-source community.

[38:00] - People around the world think Daniel has hacked their system, because of the curl license often included in malicious tools.

[41:00] - Does curl have a next big thing?