This is the twentyfifth anniversary of Curl, one of those quiet utilities that everyone uses but that never makes a big splash. Along with wget, Curl is one of the two premier standalone applications for downloading content from the Web.
Its 25th anniversary is reason enough to give Curl and its developer, Daniel Stenberg, a shout out but there’s an even better reason: hardware setup porn. The Hackers Stations site has a page on Stenberg’s home office and the kit he uses. He’s a full time open source developer who works from home so it’s obviously important that he has a comfortable and efficient setup. Another reason Stenberg deserves an Irreal shout out is that he’s an Emacs user.
There’s no real point here, of course, but if you’re like me, you take voyeuristic pleasure in seeing other people’s setups. Working on a cross platform application, as he does, Stenberg has machines running Linux, Windows, and macOS so his setup is pretty complete. The page even describes all the knickknacks on his desk.
Definitely worth a couple minutes of your time if you enjoy seeing how other developers work.