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#curl is just the hobby

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/04/22/curl-is-just-the-hobby/

curl is just the hobby

Jan Gampe took things to the next level by actually making this cross-stitch out of the pattern I previously posted online. The flowers really gave it an extra level of charm I think. As a cross-stitch As a pillow This quote is from a comment by an upset user on my blog, replying to one … Continue reading curl is just the hobby →

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Apr 22, 2024 at 8:00amWeb
Show threaddaniel:// stenberg://Apr 23, 2024
on hacker news: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40112383
Curl is just the hobby | Hacker News

Show threadStefan EissingApr 23, 2024
@bagder my fav part:
Show threadgaryApr 23, 2024
@icing @bagder the man who sold the world
Show threadljsApr 23, 2024
@bagder truly incredible what a bad take machine that site is. And they all think they're so very clever...
Show threadstitchApr 22, 2024
@bagder curl my beloved but also detested (i love getting random curl requests from dimwits trying to breach my literal static html nginx server)
Show threadWill RichardsonApr 22, 2024
@bagder the best thing about that silly comment is that they expect you to see the White House say that C is insecure and then like... rewrite curl over the weekend in Rust?
Show threadsomehybridApr 23, 2024
@willhbr @bagder i mean, obviously???????? /s
Show threadMatthewApr 22, 2024
@bagder
Thanks for curl!
Show threadEdmundo Ruiz GhanemApr 22, 2024
@bagder curl’s great! Thanks!
Show threadJimmy Sjölund 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇬🇱Apr 22, 2024
@bagder Beautiful!
Show threadLeftOfKarlMarxApr 22, 2024

@bagder

I don't wget it.

Show threadsomehybridApr 23, 2024
@LeftOfKarlMarx @bagder best comment i've seen all day
Show threadCauêApr 22, 2024
@bagder curl ❤️
Show threadLori OlsonApr 22, 2024

@bagder

First up, thanks for your hard work on curl.

Second, I’m going lean into PUT being at least as appropriate as POST on that ad.

😉

Show threadMark PauleyApr 22, 2024
@bagder PUT is WevDAV specific no? Generally we use POST for this sort of thing.
Show threaddaniel:// stenberg://Apr 22, 2024
@unsaturated PUT is plain old HTTP
Show threadMark PauleyApr 23, 2024
@bagder so it is! Back in the day when I was still familiar with HTTP, I seem to recall that we considered it exotic and mostly used only for e.g. WebDAV but yeah it’s apparently just HTTP. Seems like a method people would often misuse
Show threadAdrian LopezApr 22, 2024
@bagder And in particular to companies who have perfect capacity to pay the developer.
Show threadfanf42Apr 24, 2024

@bagder

#curl
FFS, let say we go beyond the immense nonsense and factually wrongness of the sentence... But wow, it's its own league of WTF and entitlement...

Let's use that to advertise the good work of Hoffmann / Nagle / Zhou about the economic value of open source : https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/24-038_51f8444f-502c-4139-8bf2-56eb4b65c58a.pdf

And thanks for sharing, it's such a great flag to rally people around the absurdity of considering maintainers of our IT world as hobbyists (given like an insult). Cc @ariadne who ranted about that recently for a Linux conf (https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/112273066215358639)

Show threadOldCoderJul 10, 2024
I'll introduce myself enough to say that I've been working on a Linux distro for 30 years. #curl is part of the core of this one and most others. There should be a curl flag to unfurl. Hm. Add a "--flag" switch.

One thing that curl needed was wcurl. wget is nice enough you bet. For decades both I did vet. They're fraternal twins, I see, born in 1996, the years doesn't sticks, it can't be 28 years, I have socks5 older than that. But now with wcurl there is no excuse for anybody not to give curl a whirl.
Show threadFink Jul 30, 2024
@bagder @schrottkatze Is there a page for all fan art you got over the years?
Show threaddaniel:// stenberg://Jul 30, 2024
@fink @schrottkatze I think this is the best I have, but I don't think it is "complete" in any way: https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/05/07/curl-pictures/
curl pictures | daniel.haxx.se

Show threadTigatoola FaizoMar 10, 2025
@bagder how are you
Show threadJonathan YuJul 11, 2025
@bagder Like Linux! Won't be big and serious 😉
Show threadChad McCulloughJul 11, 2025
@bagder Yeah, that "curl" guy needs to find a real job. 😂
Show threadIsma'eel Abdullahi DanbabaOct 28
@bagder hi
Show threadsugarNov 12

@bagder

I use curl every day, thanks Daniel.

Show threadAlexander DunkelJan 21

@bagder I've just read about what you have to endure with AI Slop [1], [2].

Just came to say: Don't give up and don't loose your motivation!

[1]: https://gist.github.com/bagder/07f7581f6e3d78ef37dfbfc81fd1d1cd
[2]: https://hackerone.com/reports/2199174

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