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Auxl has a modular design, which can make chaining requests more intuitive. It’s also native, which still matters to many.

capableweb 5y ago
I'm guessing you mean "local" rather than "native" as the alternatives posted in previous comment are native for their platform too, just like Auxl.
- theFluke 5y ago
  I meant native as in not fully built with web technology. Which, if I'm not mistaken, the alternatives posted in the previous comment are.
  - claymav 5y ago
    I’m personally not sure that is a factor for many users, a good web app is as good as a good native app on modern hardware
    - ybbond 5y ago
      that matters, at least to me. that makes me prefer Paw over Insomnia and Sublime/neovim-kitty over VSCode
    - speg 5y ago
      I guess it depends how you define many, but I’ll take a native application over HTML any day.
    - throwaway292893 5y ago
      Many macbook developers do care if it's a native app or a battery draining chrome embedded app. Kinda defeats the purpose of having a specialized CPU, OS & software to optimize battery usage.
    - wayneftw 5y ago
      I only want apps built with Electron or similar! Makes it easy for me to switch platforms, they get developed faster, they're easier for me to contribute to and they are infinitely more hackable. Imagine optimizing your dev tools for battery life? As if I want to work on a single tiny screen all day...or in meetings, hotels, planes, trains...
      - throwaway292893 5y ago
        Others do like to travel and be able to work without their battery dying within a couple hours. If you like wasting your battery that's fine, but not the typical use case for someone with a portable device. The screen size thing is a separate issue and alleviated by using screen switching gestures or a secondary screen using an iPad.
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    - cultofmetatron 5y ago
      I have pretty beefy hardware so I don't notice the diff in terms of performance. I do however appreciate that the battery life isn't sucked down hard by native apps the way electron does. just having chrome open significantly affects my battery life.
jaquers 5y ago
Also support for Websockets and chaining those w/ rest calls. (I know insomnia doesn't support this, dunno about others)

capableweb 5y ago

I'm guessing you mean "local" rather than "native" as the alternatives posted in previous comment are native for their platform too, just like Auxl.

theFluke 5y ago
I meant native as in not fully built with web technology. Which, if I'm not mistaken, the alternatives posted in the previous comment are.
- claymav 5y ago
  I’m personally not sure that is a factor for many users, a good web app is as good as a good native app on modern hardware
  - ybbond 5y ago
    that matters, at least to me. that makes me prefer Paw over Insomnia and Sublime/neovim-kitty over VSCode
  - speg 5y ago
    I guess it depends how you define many, but I’ll take a native application over HTML any day.
  - throwaway292893 5y ago
    Many macbook developers do care if it's a native app or a battery draining chrome embedded app. Kinda defeats the purpose of having a specialized CPU, OS & software to optimize battery usage.
  - wayneftw 5y ago
    I only want apps built with Electron or similar! Makes it easy for me to switch platforms, they get developed faster, they're easier for me to contribute to and they are infinitely more hackable. Imagine optimizing your dev tools for battery life? As if I want to work on a single tiny screen all day...or in meetings, hotels, planes, trains...
    - throwaway292893 5y ago
      Others do like to travel and be able to work without their battery dying within a couple hours. If you like wasting your battery that's fine, but not the typical use case for someone with a portable device. The screen size thing is a separate issue and alleviated by using screen switching gestures or a secondary screen using an iPad.
    - deleted 5y ago
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  - cultofmetatron 5y ago
    I have pretty beefy hardware so I don't notice the diff in terms of performance. I do however appreciate that the battery life isn't sucked down hard by native apps the way electron does. just having chrome open significantly affects my battery life.

jaquers 5y ago

Also support for Websockets and chaining those w/ rest calls. (I know insomnia doesn't support this, dunno about others)