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Postman which I thought worked locally on my computer, is down

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536 points helloguillecl | 4 comments | 20 Oct 25 15:40 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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duxup ◴[20 Oct 25 15:56 UTC] No.45645360[source]▶
I think for the most part everyone has accepted that Postman grew into a monster that bloated with features and presumably that comes with online dependence.
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1. Pet_Ant ◴[20 Oct 25 17:43 UTC] No.45646805[source]▶
If you give a man a fish he eats for a day, but if you teach a man to fish you give up your monopoly on fisheries.

It used to considered vile that drug dealers tried to hook their users and force dependence... turns out that they were just ahead of the curve.

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2. AtlasBarfed ◴[20 Oct 25 17:57 UTC] No.45646984[source]▶
It's the founding economic principle of the British empire
3. ozim ◴[20 Oct 25 18:08 UTC] No.45647123[source]▶
Postman is little potatoes - take a look what was done with free YouTube. Bait and switch all the same only stretched in time.
4. johnea ◴[20 Oct 25 21:00 UTC] No.45649317[source]▶
That's funny 8-)

It brought to mind this quote:

“It’s only software developers and drug dealers who call people users,”

From a recent article that came through the feed:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/18/are-we-li...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45626691