How an IRC bot spawned the world’s most prolific software
curl has become one of the most prolific software tools ever made. Want more content like this? Support our mission! Send us a Super Thanks and check out our Patreon + Discord community: / serialport Got some retro gear you want to donate? Get in touch with us at serialport.org. Our second channel: @TheParallelPort #internet #opensource #software #unix 00:00 — It's everywhere 00:55 — Demoscenen 02:44 — Dancer 05:57 — HTTPget 08:03 — curl 11:44 — AI slop 15:15 — Bringing Dancer back! 17:30 — Outro References: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/...

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Internet Relay Chat.

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The Linux Kernel is Falling Apart.

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Talking on the Internet Phone in 1995

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The Scariest Chart In Electrical Engineering

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What Happened to OS/2?

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The Challenge: Can we build Notepad in 3K in assembly language?

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Thyristors Did to Power What Transistors Did to Logic

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The Zig Creator is NOT Happy About This... (Bun to Rust)

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The Most Controversial Idea In Physics

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The hidden story behind the Virtual LAN

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Microsoft NetMeeting was WAY more important than you think

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I Wrote my Own Filesystem to Beat Factorio.

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The Code Inside Everything (That Gets Zero Credit)

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Zig 2026: No-AI Policy, $670K Foundation, Left GitHub & Why Zig Isn’t 1.0 - Andrew Kelley Explains

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The Theoretical Limit of Image Compression

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mechanical light bulb from 1675

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Before You Trash Your Old PC Power Supply... Build This!

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China Is About To Pop The AI Bubble

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Why AI Can Never Escape Turing's 1936 Proof

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