Hacker News with Generative AI: Curl

Writing C for Curl (haxx.se)
It is a somewhat common question to me: how do we write C in curl to make it safe and secure for billions of installations? Some precautions we take and decisions we make. There is no silver bullet, just guidelines. As I think you can see for yourself below they are also neither strange nor surprising.
Programming, Security, C, Curl, Open Source
124 points by TangerineDream 19 days ago | 91 comments
Curl with Partial Files (haxx.se)
Back in September 2023, we extended the curl command line tool with a new fairly advanced and flexible variable system. Using this, users can use files, environment variables and more in a powerful way when building curl command lines in ways not previously possible – with almost all existing command line options.
Curl, Software, Networking
74 points by ingve 117 days ago | 19 comments
Stenberg: Dropping Hyper (lwn.net)
Curl maintainer Daniel Stenberg announces that the curl project will be dropping hyper, its experimental HTTP backend written in Rust, due to lack of developer interest.
Curl, Open Source, HTTP, Programming Languages, Rust
5 points by askl 126 days ago | 1 comments
Hyper in Curl Needs a Champion (seanmonstar.com)
tl;dr - hyper in curl is nearly complete, but it needs a champion. Without a partner actively engaged that wants to enable and ship, it’s now on the path for being deprecated and removed.
Software, Open Source, Programming, Web Development, Curl
9 points by GolDDranks 158 days ago | 0 comments
Curl -v HTTPS://Google.com (youtube.com)
Curl, HTTPS, Web Development
23 points by jf 171 days ago | 2 comments
Curl -v HTTPS://google.com [video] (youtube.com)
Curl, HTTPS, Video Tutorials, Networking Tools
7 points by samber 172 days ago | 1 comments
Eighteen Years of ABI Stability (haxx.se)
Exactly eighteen years ago today, on October 30 2006, we shipped curl 7.16.0 that among a whole slew of new features and set of bugfixes bumped the libcurl SONAME number from 3 to 4.
Software, Versioning, History, Curl
166 points by TangerineDream 178 days ago | 64 comments
Fcurl – fopen, fread, fwrite style functions for URL operations using libcurl (github.com/curl)
fcurl - fopen, fread, fwrite style functions for URL operations using libcurl
Libraries, Programming, Networking, HTTP, Curl
6 points by jcbhmr 182 days ago | 0 comments
Curl native support for –aws-sigv4 (2023) (how.wtf)
Curl, AWS, Networking
20 points by paulddraper 294 days ago | 17 comments
Curl is inside 22,734 Steam games (haxx.se)
Curl, Gaming, Software, Steam
153 points by TangerineDream 310 days ago | 68 comments
Curl is just the hobby (haxx.se)
Curl, Programming, Tools
219 points by TangerineDream 369 days ago | 86 comments