How I do it.

Some words on how I work on #curl and lead the #curl project. Every day of the week. Year in, year out. It never ends.

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/13/how-i-do-it/

How I do it

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@bagder I use curl every single day, sometimes hundreds of calls. it's my database interface more than a "web" one because interestingly lots of database have nowadays an http interface. curl is embedded in my tests and checks to blackbox test my http-based API. I debug half of the infrastructure I'm responsible for with curl. (the other half is kubectl ๐Ÿ˜‚)

basically my bash history is made of curl, jq, kubectl ;)

@bagder You're a legend. Thank you for your work. ๐Ÿ™
@bagder This is such a great blog post. This is so humanizing and approachable. Lots of bits in there that so many feel and go through themselves with their own "things" or projects.
Have a great Sunday afternoon!
@bagder Thank you very much Daniel, both for your work and this blog post. This is the inspiration we need.

@bagder I obviously have the authority to speak on behalf of every inhabitant of planet Earth that uses a computer when I say "Thank You for curl." We all appreciate it, what it enables, what it is.

Even those people who don't know what curl is appreciate that stuff works because of the magic inside, and part of that is your magic.

@targetdrone @bagder Also every inhabitant of planet Mars!

@bagder exemplary.

One question came to mind: Has moving from hobby to jobby affected your approach or feelings about working on curl?