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by ryanackley 183 days ago
One observation I've had recently. Postman files seem more popular the OpenAPI specs lately. Major SaaS companies will produce a postman file but not an OpenAPI spec. Two examples: Salesforce and Notion

This is really unfortunate because Postman requires you to have an account and log in to download or export these to another format.

Prediction: Postman produces a paid MCP for API lookup in the near future

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I just wanted an API client with some basic features:

- history

- grouping/folders

- some very basic api key management

Is that too much to ask or does every company need to indefinitely grow?

Bruno ticks the boxes for this https://www.usebruno.com/

No affiliation, just a long term fan after years of frustration with Postman and Insomnia.

Postman is my goto example for saas enshitification.

Something that should have just stayed foss.