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

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536 points helloguillecl | 13 comments | 20 Oct 25 15:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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CaptainOfCoit ◴[20 Oct 25 22:36 UTC] No.45650305[source]▶
I remember when one of the "Core Goals" of Postman was "Complete control over your data - Keep simple JSON based data formats which can be exported and shared as per user needs".

https://web.archive.org/web/20140604204111/http://www.getpos...

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2muchcoffeeman ◴[21 Oct 25 03:49 UTC] No.45652287[source]▶
When Postman started becoming shit, I started using Insomnia, which is also turning into shit now.
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1. sdf4j ◴[21 Oct 25 03:51 UTC] No.45652299[source]▶
Good thing is that we can start using Insomnium now.
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2. fithisux ◴[21 Oct 25 03:56 UTC] No.45652320[source]▶
It is unmaintained.

This is the cost of devs focusing on corporate gains and not their craft.

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3. afavour ◴[21 Oct 25 04:02 UTC] No.45652364[source]▶
I want to judge the devs for it but if a VC walked up to me with a bag full of cash and the opportunity to work full time on a passion project I can’t be anywhere near sure I’d say no.
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4. scheme271 ◴[21 Oct 25 04:22 UTC] No.45652451[source]▶
Devs have to eat and if someone offers you a life altering amount of money to work on their hobby project, a lot of them would probably take it. It's hard to turn down something that might assure your family a comfortable life.
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5. idiotsecant ◴[21 Oct 25 04:29 UTC] No.45652479[source]▶
Do you apply the same logic to your plumber? Your accountant? The 'craft' is something you do for customers in order to make money to eat.
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6. troyvit ◴[21 Oct 25 04:32 UTC] No.45652493{3}[source]▶
That's all good, and I hope they're happy, but they shouldn't expect their audience to stick around if they start to ruin the project that got them there.
7. BrouteMinou ◴[21 Oct 25 04:42 UTC] No.45652539{3}[source]▶
The plumber doesn't start to install additional pipes that require an annual fee, or spying on me "because you know, nothing to hide", or any other nonsense we are seeing in software.
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8. pmontra ◴[21 Oct 25 05:17 UTC] No.45652686{3}[source]▶
That bag full of cash will keep being a bag full of cash but the passion project will likely become driven by whoever hands you the bag and will head towards their goals, not yours. Anyway you'll keep the cash. It's not different from what the vast majority of us do with our jobs every day.
9. hvb2 ◴[21 Oct 25 05:22 UTC] No.45652713{4}[source]▶
Which is why plumbers don't get VC money and salaries aren't as high.
10. n3storm ◴[21 Oct 25 05:59 UTC] No.45652910[source]▶
Why you and other devs say Insomnia is unmaintained?

There has been a release in september, issues has been solved within last month, and multiple pull requests has been managed (merged and rejected) also recently.

Maybe you refer to issues specific to a platform? Thanks in advance.

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11. fithisux ◴[21 Oct 25 07:53 UTC] No.45653494{3}[source]▶
This is not what I said. I meant that users should contribute and not expect FOSS projects as a separate channel of getting material for their corporate work.
12. fithisux ◴[21 Oct 25 09:07 UTC] No.45653881{3}[source]▶
Insomnium
13. CaptainOfCoit ◴[21 Oct 25 10:04 UTC] No.45654163{3}[source]▶
Sure, but why does it always have to lead to users getting the short end of the stick? Why can't they accept money and NOT screw over the users? And if the choice is between "Take VC money and screw users" and "Reject VC money and happy users", why do 99% of the people take the first option? They're most likely software developers (as this is the context), so it isn't really a choice between "uncomfortable life" or "comfortable life", there is something more going on here.