Daniel StenbergMany of us have prepared instructions and critical information for our family in the event of our sudden demise. For Daniel Stenberg, that includes passwords for his Google and GitHub accounts.
That’s because he’s the founder of curl, an open source internet transfer engine that has been downloaded billions of times and is used to transfer data to and from computer servers.
It was first released by Mr Stenberg in 1996 and is now used by millions every day.
It’s important that someone is able to maintain curl when he steps away.
“I just want to make sure that everything is there so the day I go away, someone can take over,” Mr Stenberg says.