Dominik DröscherMay 26
daniel:// stenberg://

The pressure

for us in the #curl project right now

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/05/26/the-pressure/

The pressure

I'm doing Open Source primarily because I love it. The social aspects, the for-the-good angle and for the challenge of engineering this to work for everyone. I also do it because it is my full-time job and getting food on the table and provide for my family is not unimportant. It may come as a … Continue reading The pressure →

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Show threadDavid RungeMay 26
@bagder hope you get through this and are indeed able to take a deep breath in between!
Show threadSimon ZerafaMay 26

@bagder

Under Pressure!

https://youtube.com/shorts/3m0KJPDyOuA

David Bowie /Queen Under Pressure by the Muppets 🤣🤣

YouTube
Show threadMichele AdduciMay 26
@bagder thanks for your amazing work, but please, listen to your wife. Consider to don't stress yourself so much. Enjoy your life, you deserve it too.
Show threadVon XylofonMay 26
@bagder At least I am happy to hear that the reports are high quality. Many projects are drowning in slop reports.
Show threadJeremy StephensMay 26
@bagder thanks to you and your team for your hard work. I know what it's like to take a programming project personally, so I have some idea of the kind of pressure you're feeling. Please take care of yourself as best as you can
Show threadMark JohnsonMay 26
@bagder I realise the answer is probably "it depends", but are you able share indicative costs of a curl support contract? It's much easier to have a conversation with potential supporters armed with a number
Show threaddaniel:// stenberg://May 26
@marxjohnson The rates we charge right now start at 2,600 USD/year for "Basic" support and 8,500 USD for "Standard", but there's always wiggle room and "it depends details" of course.
Show threadToni AittoniemiMay 26

@bagder ”I am jealous of those projects that shipped a horrible bug at some point in the past that made the world burn for a while. They got attention and some of them then got funding and financial muscles to get them staff and hire multiple full time engineers. I sometimes think we would be better off if we also had one of those.”

👏👏👏

Show threadHardy ErlingerMay 26

@bagder Joining ranks with your wife here: Daniel, please take care of yourself. I totally get the pressure you are under, but none of us is invincible.

And don't forget, you are not just appreciated as a developer of curl but (in my mind anyway) first and foremost as a very decent human being. Given the choice between a healthy and secure codebase and your health and wellbeing, I don't have to think twice.

The world will survive a delay in fixing vulnerabilities in curl and you can use the time to recharge.

Show threadzjbMay 26
看到你们 curl 项目现在压力这么大，真的辛苦了。希望你们能挺过去，这个工具对大家太重要了。
Show threadValentin GosuMay 26
@bagder I am extremely impressed in how well the curl project is holding up. But also you shouldn't hold all of the weight of the world on just your own shoulders. Take care!
Show threadscrewlispMay 26

@bagder , on the #Mastodon:

> It may come as a shock, but I am not in this game for the money or the extravagant life style.

Show threadVassil Nikolov | Васил НиколовMay 26

<lifestyle/>
Sign exchange, bugs, waterfall...

P.S. Or maybe sign extend, I forget.

@screwlisp @bagder

Show threadJak2k 🏳️‍🌈May 26
@bagder Thank you! I hope it works out.
Show threadSnowBlind2005May 26

@bagder

Your wife is right. But, it's probably worse than you realize.

I think you got the title wrong.

The chickens have come home to roost is more apt.

Show threadWayne WernerMay 26

@bagder I worked on the Salt Project (née Saltstack) through our massive CVE (ironically we had just passed a security audit not 6 months prior)

Which is to say I appreciate the struggle and everything that you and your team do. You all are rocking it all out of the park, even if you're feeling more pressure. If I had the chops in C/curl/networking I'd love to help but I'd just be adding to the comm graph.

Moral support is about all I can probably offer. You are all amazing 🖤🤎💜🩵💙💚💛🧡🩷❤️🩶🤍

Show threadEric SchultzMay 26
@bagder just want to send love and support in your direction. Please take care of yourself first ❤️
Show threadbaconandcoconutMay 26
@wwahammy @bagder +1 on taking care of your self and your health first
Show threadpuretasteMay 26
@bagder You mention companies supporting, but how about governments (or agencies)? I find it weird that I so rarely see governments in the sponsor sections of FOSS projects.
Show threadNils AdermannMay 26
@bagder Me and @seldaek can certainly relate 😵‍💫 Here's hoping we'll figure out a better way forward soon.
Show threadDemiurgMay 27
@bagder Thank you for all the effort! You need to take care of yourself first and foremost! I will try to spread the word.
Show threadzipMay 28

@bagder take a break, limit your hours. Burning out is not worth it, not even for a security bug in a billion devices.

If it matters to those trillion-dollar tech companies, let them pay for engineers. Goodness knows a significant fraction of that wealth was built on your back.

Show threadJustin DerrickJun 1

@bagder A wise meme from industrial operations:

"Schedule the downtime for your equipment, or your equipment will schedule the downtime for you at the worst possible moment."

There will always be more work. There is only one Daniel.

Show threadJaanus KaseJun 5

@bagder I noticed you have a sponsorship option on GitHub

I became a small sponsor now

Not sure how much that helps you compared to the commercial support. I just like to sponsor meaningful projects

Thank you for your work. Please do take some time off and be kind to yourself