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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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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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sdf4j ◴[21 Oct 25 03:51 UTC] No.45652299[source]▶
Good thing is that we can start using Insomnium now.
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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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1. scheme271 ◴[21 Oct 25 04:22 UTC] No.45652451{3}[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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2. troyvit ◴[21 Oct 25 04:32 UTC] No.45652493[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.
3. fithisux ◴[21 Oct 25 07:53 UTC] No.45653494[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.
4. CaptainOfCoit ◴[21 Oct 25 10:04 UTC] No.45654163[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.