Daniel Haas, lead developer of curl for nearly 30 years, describes the mounting pressure of handling a surge in security reports—currently 4-5 times higher than 2024—while maintaining the open-source project that runs on an estimated 30 billion devices worldwide. He notes the increased workload is affecting his health and work-life balance despite curl's reputation as one of the most scrutinized and secure codebases.
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Daniel Haas, lead developer of curl for nearly 30 years, describes the mounting pressure of handling a surge in security reports—currently 4-5 times higher than 2024—while maintaining the open-source project that runs on an estimated 30 billion devices worldwide. He notes the increased workload is affecting his health and work-life balance despite curl's reputation as one of the most scrutinized and secure codebases.