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404 private links
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Enshittification of Postman (no offline mode), the performance crisis
I know hurl that can be useful. The author lists the ideal API tool:
- local-first
- file-system centric to be stored in the VCS
- zero login wall
- git native collaboration
- native performance
- extensible design
- universal imports (OpenAPI, GraphQL, ...)
- proxy agnostic. It must be designed to proxy traffic through any interception tool. Proxy-aware or browser-based architecture is must have.
- scripting & Auth flows. Pre-request & post-response hooks.
- Straightforward testing. Built-in support for writing and running tests against API responses by code.
For every Postman or Insomnia, there’s a Bruno, Hurl, or Httpie