Episode 185 — Daniel Stenberg on the cURL Project ![rw-book-cover](https://wsrv.nl/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.fireside.fm%2Ffile%2Ffireside-images%2Fpodcasts%2Fimages%2F2%2F27729c65-f4a6-4496-8c86-820e7f13b285%2Fcover.jpg&w=100&h=100) ## Metadata - Author: [[Sustain]] - Full Title: Episode 185 — Daniel Stenberg on the cURL Project - Category: #podcasts - URL: https://share.snipd.com/episode/ec55b79f-8ae2-4796-8a83-6ea64202a415 ## Document Notes ## Highlights - Episode AI notes 1. The curl project has been able to release updates regularly for 16 years without breaking backwards compatibility or behavior. ([Time 0:00:00](https://share.snipd.com/episode-takeaways/984e5ee3-c483-4056-a1cf-5cc91b2a7f4e)) - Maintaining backward compatibility for 16 years: The key to regular releases of curl Summary: Regular releases of curl are made possible by maintaining backward compatibility for 16 years without any breaking changes. Transcript: Speaker 1 So first I just wanted to mention that of course part of us releasing curl this often, this much is that we don't break backwards behavior or backwards compatibility. We haven't done a breaking change in 16 years. ([Time 0:21:15](https://share.snipd.com/snip/90795ca3-92fa-485e-ad4f-ee55955e0c51))