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Re: Slumber a TUI HTTP Client

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Post by voidUpdate » Mon, May 25, 2026, 6:59 AM UTC

t-kalinowski wrote: post #51

voidUpdate wrote: post #7

> "To that end, configuration is defined in a YAML file called the request collection" Genuine question, why do people use YAML? I've been using it a little bit recently (reading existing documents, not writing my own), and it just seems like a more overcomplicated and less human-readable version of JSON? With potential security vulnerabilities?

Because YAML is the worst config format, except for all the others. https://opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-05-21_in-defense-of-ya...

Seems like that article is saying that YAML 1.1 is bad, but 1.2 is good? Which would be fine, except I am parsing YAML 1.1 files (as indicated by a directive at the top). I don't control the format of the data

Re: Slumber a TUI HTTP Client

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Post by ranger_danger » Tue, May 26, 2026, 2:07 AM UTC

WorldMaker wrote: post #57

aitchnyu wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to write Python scripts with Requests or run from terminal. It has a nicer syntax, all LLMs know it, and we all used Python in the backend. https://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/index.html

If you already have Python installed, I'm still a big fan of the httpie CLI [1]. It's a CLI wrapper for Requests that provides a very friendly CLI DSL. [1] https://httpie.io/cli

Unfortunately it appears unmaintained, and still doesn't support HTTP/2, which is a non-starter for me.

Re: Slumber a TUI HTTP Client

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Post by Duke64 » Tue, May 26, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC

sgt wrote: post #24

The "Postman" team hates this one app...

I've already made the switch. Since then, my family and I have been doing better. My wife and I are having sex more often—and it's better than ever! I've already been offered a pay raise at work—just like that!