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Re: Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

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I find interesting on how on a startup related forum, anything related with not paying is always celebrated.

Once CEO asked me: "why are you spending months of your valuable time to create a tool to solve a thing, instead paying $10/month?" "I know developers never pay, but why?"

In my case it’s because companies would rather waste 6 months of person-hours than get out the credit card

Re: Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

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post #287

I find interesting on how on a startup related forum, anything related with not paying is always celebrated.

https://www.usebruno.com/pricing

Bruno is not free. It has a free version, but you can pay to have more features.

Re: Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

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Hey everyone, this is Anoop - creator of Bruno. Happy to see Bruno at the top of HN! I will try to address some common questions in this comment. > Well based on historical experience with Postman and Insomnia most probably Bruno will go the same way once they get enough users hooked in. Especially once a VC gets into the fold. We will never take VC funding. We received around 10 inbound reach outs from VCs till date…

I love your approach and your attitude. VC funding seems to poison everything it touches eventually.

Re: Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not very fun to run the auth call, then copy and paste the access token to the next call, and have to update all of your curl cmds all the time... Even if you use env variables, that's a horrible way to use env variables.

You’re making the case for automation, which happens to be something the shell excels at. Use unexported shell variables or command substitution (e.g., “$(pbpaste)”). Directly use the result of the auth call without going through the clipboard if possible. Create a shell script if shell history isn’t enough. Use interactive notebooks if you need something more advanced. The possibilities are infinite.

This feels along the lines of the infamous Dropbox comment

Re: Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

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Hey everyone, this is Anoop - creator of Bruno. Happy to see Bruno at the top of HN! I will try to address some common questions in this comment. > Well based on historical experience with Postman and Insomnia most probably Bruno will go the same way once they get enough users hooked in. Especially once a VC gets into the fold. We will never take VC funding. We received around 10 inbound reach outs from VCs till date…

Anoop, first of all: thanks for your efforts, we switched to Bruno from Postman and are quite happy!

And a question: can you share your plans about Vscode extension? It seems to be broken for a while, do you have plans/capacity to revive it?

Re: Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

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post #287

I find interesting on how on a startup related forum, anything related with not paying is always celebrated.

Once CEO asked me: "why are you spending months of your valuable time to create a tool to solve a thing, instead paying $10/month?" "I know developers never pay, but why?"

People who spend months of their time building open source represent a fraction of developers who "never pay".

Why pay when there is a free, open and, if need arises, hackable alternatives ?

Developers do pay when there is value is. See how profitable cloud hosting is!

Re: Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you design the logo? I saw it and immediately wanted to buy a license! Great product!

Logo is from openemoji: https://openmoji.org/library/emoji-1F436/ The real Bruno looks like the logo too :) https://www.usebruno.com/about

> The real Bruno looks like the logo too :) https://www.usebruno.com/about

More places need a CJO!

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