
In this episode of OsProgramadores Podcast, Marcelo interviews Daniel Stenberg, the legendary creator of curl — one of the most widely used open-source tools in the world.
Curl is embedded in billions of devices and powers much of the modern internet.
Daniel shares his journey from his early programming days in Sweden to building and maintaining curl for over two decades, leading open-source projects like libcurl, libssh2, and c-ares. He discusses what it takes to sustain an open-source project at global scale and what motivates him to keep coding and contributing after so many years.
🧠 In this episode:
The story behind curl and its global impact
Lessons learned from 25+ years of open-source development
Advice for open-source maintainers and contributors
🔗 Learn more about Daniel:
Website: https://daniel.haxx.se
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielstenberg/
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