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I tried Voiden and like the idea, but in the end I think the notebook format felt a bit too freeform for an API tool. To me the point of an API tool is clarity

I tried Voiden and like the idea, but in the end I think the notebook format felt a bit too freeform for an API tool. To me the point of an API tool is clarity of what I am doing and how they translates into code. On a product note, I don't think the logo matches the name at all.

nikolasdimi 8mo ago
thanks for the points- on the product comment: in what way you think it doesn't fit? genuinely interested.
- embedding-shape 8mo ago
  Not parent, but the name makes me think of void, so nothing, while the logo is a infinity symbol, so everything, seems like opposites :)
  - nikolasdimi 8mo ago
    well void is also the blank slate in the sense that Voiden is a tool without rules - without explicit directions to the users on how they should do xyz. So yeah, our inspiration comes from an empty sheet, a blank slate to work with APIs. And if there are no restrictions then there are infinite opportunities. :) thts how it makes sense to us.
- fastball 8mo ago
  I suppose part of the problem is that I don't understand why "Voiden" in the first place, but if we assume Voiden is a good name: The logo neither says "voids" nor "API tool". It is a blocky infinity symbol that to me means nothing in-context. Also the duotone and slight asymmetry (of a normally symmetric symbol) gives hints of duality/gemini, which also means nothing to me in the context of what the tool is and the name that it has.
GlacierFox 8mo ago
That why I love the git-backed notebook format. You can add clarity and explain what it's doing and how it translates into code.
- dhruv3006 8mo ago
  Thank you! Anything we can do better ?
p0w3n3d 8mo ago
There is also https://insomnia.rest/ https://insomnia.rest/
- AxiomPraxis 8mo ago
  The guy who wrote Insomnia sold it - https://yaak.app/blog/yet-another-api-client https://yaak.app/blog/yet-another-api-client and ended up writing a new one, https://yaak.app/ https://yaak.app/

nikolasdimi 8mo ago

thanks for the points- on the product comment: in what way you think it doesn't fit? genuinely interested.

embedding-shape 8mo ago
Not parent, but the name makes me think of void, so nothing, while the logo is a infinity symbol, so everything, seems like opposites :)
- nikolasdimi 8mo ago
  well void is also the blank slate in the sense that Voiden is a tool without rules - without explicit directions to the users on how they should do xyz. So yeah, our inspiration comes from an empty sheet, a blank slate to work with APIs. And if there are no restrictions then there are infinite opportunities. :) thts how it makes sense to us.
fastball 8mo ago
I suppose part of the problem is that I don't understand why "Voiden" in the first place, but if we assume Voiden is a good name: The logo neither says "voids" nor "API tool". It is a blocky infinity symbol that to me means nothing in-context. Also the duotone and slight asymmetry (of a normally symmetric symbol) gives hints of duality/gemini, which also means nothing to me in the context of what the tool is and the name that it has.

GlacierFox 8mo ago

That why I love the git-backed notebook format. You can add clarity and explain what it's doing and how it translates into code.

dhruv3006 8mo ago
Thank you! Anything we can do better ?

p0w3n3d 8mo ago

There is also https://insomnia.rest/ https://insomnia.rest/

AxiomPraxis 8mo ago
The guy who wrote Insomnia sold it - https://yaak.app/blog/yet-another-api-client https://yaak.app/blog/yet-another-api-client and ended up writing a new one, https://yaak.app/ https://yaak.app/