Jared
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Hardly.
Quote, good software is invisible.
And that takes work.
A lot of work.
Because the first 90% to get a working demo is easy.
It's the other 190% that matters.
The end of the Curl bug bounty.
Here's Curl creator Daniel Stenberg.
Quote, There is no longer a Curl bug bounty program.
It officially stops on January 31st, 2026.
End quote.
Despite some excesses along the way, with 87 confirmed vulns and over 100,000 USD paid out,
Curl's bug bounty program unfortunately fell prey to AI slopsters trying to make an easy buck.
That's not the only factor, though.
Daniel says three bad trends combined to make them take this step.
Quote, the mind-numbing AI slop, humans doing worse than ever, and the apparent will to poke holes rather than to help.
End quote.
In other sad news, last night Curl ended its historic NFL playoff run too, as the Seattle Seahawks beat the LA Rams.
It's now time for sponsored news.
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