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I think for the most part everyone has accepted that Postman grew into a monster that bloated with features and presumably that comes with online dependence.

by duxup 1y ago

Pet_Ant 1y ago
If you give a man a fish he eats for a day, but if you teach a man to fish you give up your monopoly on fisheries. It used to considered vile that drug dealers tried to hook their users and force dependence... turns out that they were just ahead of the curve.
- AtlasBarfed 1y ago
  It's the founding economic principle of the British empire
- ozim 1y ago
  Postman is little potatoes - take a look what was done with free YouTube. Bait and switch all the same only stretched in time.
- johnea 1y ago
  That's funny 8-) It brought to mind this quote: “It’s only software developers and drug dealers who call people users,” From a recent article that came through the feed: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/18/are-we-living-in-a-golden-age-of-stupidity-technology https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/18/are-we-li... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45626691 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45626691
ozim 1y ago
Everyone accepted because it slowly became standard tool. I have business guys using postman and sharing collections is kind of must. I hate it, for myself I don’t use it but when having to share API stuff I have to use it because that’s what other people understand. Good for postman business, bad for everyone.
- duxup 1y ago
  I'm at a smaller organization now, it was so nice when we all decided "no way" on Postman.
  - s09dfhks 1y ago
    I switched all my stuff over to bruno. what are you using?
    - duxup 1y ago
      Same.
- lbreakjai 1y ago
  We moved to bruno, we're quite happy with it.
  - pixl97 1y ago
    To second this, I moved to Bruno after Postman became an 'online' tool awhile back and it's done exactly what I've needed since.
will4274 1y ago
$dayjob sent an email to everyone with postman installed and asked us to uninstall when postman switched to online. $dayjob IT still maintains a wiki page and includes it on the banned software list. Used to be ubiquitous over there.
- guessmyname 1y ago
  Same at Apple; cannot use Postman.

I think for the most part everyone has accepted that Postman grew into a monster that bloated with features and presumably that comes with online dependence.

by duxup 1y ago

I think for the most part everyone has accepted that Postman grew into a monster that bloated with features and presumably that comes with online dependence.

Pet_Ant 1y ago

If you give a man a fish he eats for a day, but if you teach a man to fish you give up your monopoly on fisheries. It used to considered vile that drug dealers tried to hook their users and force dependence... turns out that they were just ahead of the curve.

AtlasBarfed 1y ago
It's the founding economic principle of the British empire
ozim 1y ago
Postman is little potatoes - take a look what was done with free YouTube. Bait and switch all the same only stretched in time.
johnea 1y ago
That's funny 8-) It brought to mind this quote: “It’s only software developers and drug dealers who call people users,” From a recent article that came through the feed: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/18/are-we-living-in-a-golden-age-of-stupidity-technology https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/18/are-we-li... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45626691 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45626691

ozim 1y ago

Everyone accepted because it slowly became standard tool. I have business guys using postman and sharing collections is kind of must. I hate it, for myself I don’t use it but when having to share API stuff I have to use it because that’s what other people understand. Good for postman business, bad for everyone.

duxup 1y ago
I'm at a smaller organization now, it was so nice when we all decided "no way" on Postman.
- s09dfhks 1y ago
  I switched all my stuff over to bruno. what are you using?
  - duxup 1y ago
    Same.
lbreakjai 1y ago
We moved to bruno, we're quite happy with it.
- pixl97 1y ago
  To second this, I moved to Bruno after Postman became an 'online' tool awhile back and it's done exactly what I've needed since.

will4274 1y ago

$dayjob sent an email to everyone with postman installed and asked us to uninstall when postman switched to online. $dayjob IT still maintains a wiki page and includes it on the banned software list. Used to be ubiquitous over there.

guessmyname 1y ago
Same at Apple; cannot use Postman.