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Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by lliamander » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:43 PM UTC

__erik wrote: post #8

If anyone is looking to switch, I've far preferred using Insomnia to Postman https://insomnia.rest/

Does insomnia allow you to set the mime types for each part of a multi-part request? That's one feature that Postman doesn't have that has irked me a bit.

Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by rocmcd » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:43 PM UTC

__erik wrote: post #8

If anyone is looking to switch, I've far preferred using Insomnia to Postman https://insomnia.rest/

Does the recent Kong acquisition not concern you at all?

I'm looking to switch, but the ties to Kong make me nervous investing in the platform. Presumably because they might eventually make it always for-pay and/or focus on more enterprise-y features that I'm not interested in.

I would love to hear what others think.

Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by mentat » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:43 PM UTC

rat9988 wrote: post #38

kstrauser wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your comment history shows an interesting grudge against OSS. Do you genuinely think we'd be better off if all software were commercial? I'm asking sincerely.

I really think it's creepy to stalk old people comments before answering them.

It's called getting context and generally a good idea.

Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by gschier » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:44 PM UTC

seanbarry wrote: post #16

gschier wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As the creator of Insomnia, that makes me so happy to hear :)

I use Insomnia on a daily basis as does every engineer in my 5 man team. It's really incredible. Thanks for your awesome work. Aside from upgrading from the free version, is there any other way to show support?

The best ways to help are to keep sharing it with others and participate on the open source repo

Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by gschier » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:45 PM UTC

cordite wrote: post #25

gschier wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As the creator of Insomnia, that makes me so happy to hear :)

Thanks for your work! It's been a real help. I've been using it before Kong.

No problem! I'm so happy to have made such an impact on your day-to-day

Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by paxys » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:46 PM UTC

ossworkerrights wrote: post #18

scolson wrote: post #5

Worth pointing out that postwoman is free and opensource. It is not quite as full-featured as postman, but for quick mocking without requiring registration, it is a great option. https://postwoman.io/ https://github.com/liyasthomas/postwoman

Oh look a free clone of a commercial product, let's all jump on it and undermine the devs of postman and insomnia, whom have escaped the 9 to 5 by building awesome tools, because that's what we do: we kill indie development with free clones of small projects.

By your logic Postman itself is undermining the devs of curl and wget.

Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by debaserab2 » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:47 PM UTC

ossworkerrights wrote: post #35

kstrauser wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your comment history shows an interesting grudge against OSS. Do you genuinely think we'd be better off if all software were commercial? I'm asking sincerely.

I genuinely believe OSS is great for sharing knowledge, but I also genuinely believe that no other industry out there has managed to play itself at this scale. Every single tool you want is made available for free by devs who burn themselves out writing free code to impress employers. Essentially, OSS devs have fought against corporate only to become trapped by corporate because now software has near zero value. Pret…

Some of us just do it because we enjoy the process and like to see the things we make get used by other people ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I've never contributed to an OSS project with the goal of impressing an employer or padding a resume.

Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by sidi » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:53 PM UTC

gschier wrote: post #9

__erik wrote: post #8

If anyone is looking to switch, I've far preferred using Insomnia to Postman https://insomnia.rest/

As the creator of Insomnia, that makes me so happy to hear :)

Does Insomnia offer hosted documentation of the API collections? That's the feature which keeps me using Postman.

Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by notyourwork » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:53 PM UTC

rat9988 wrote: post #38

kstrauser wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your comment history shows an interesting grudge against OSS. Do you genuinely think we'd be better off if all software were commercial? I'm asking sincerely.

I really think it's creepy to stalk old people comments before answering them.

It can be helpful to have an understanding of someone’s background and expertise. Talking to a subject matter expert is much different from an undergrad with an opinion. Looking at prior comment helps give a sense of who you are speaking with.

Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by dang » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:56 PM UTC

The submitted title was "Postman announces 50% price hike starting Feb 2020". That information isn't in the article, so it would be better to post it as a comment in the thread, rather than putting it in the title. That would also allow for supplying more context, such as what the price was before.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html