Curl Turns 10k Days
9 months ago
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- Curl turns 10,000 days old on August 5, 2025, marking its first release on March 20, 1998.
- Users share personal stories of how curl helped them in critical moments, such as updating football scores in 1999 using an early version of curl.
- Curl played a role in the debate between RESTful APIs and XML Web Services, with users preferring curl for its simplicity and effectiveness.
- A user recalls ordering a curl-themed whisky, highlighting the cultural impact of the tool.
- Commercial use of libcurl led to fruitful cooperation and contributions back to the community.
- Security and operations teams rely on curl for solving diverse problems efficiently.
- First-time contributors to the curl project were surprised by the responsiveness of the maintainers, including the author himself.
- Curl is a ubiquitous tool found in the OSS credits of many devices, showcasing its widespread use.
- Users appreciate curl for its versatility in tasks like downloading packages, interacting with APIs, and scraping websites.
- A pentester secured a job by replicating a Gmail login using curl, demonstrating its utility in security contexts.
- Curl has been an indispensable tool for over 20 years, with stories of it saving the day in both work and personal challenges.