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nikolasdimi

@ nikolasdimi @lemmy.world

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  • Voiden CLI Runner

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  • interesting. what is the tool that the company accepts as low risk? Would it be postman or would it be something offline?

  • Voiden CLI Runner

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  • Voiden CLI Runner

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  • oh. whats the security error?

  • Voiden CLI Runner

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  • thats awesome - let us know what you think when you try!

  • The API Tooling Crisis: Why developers are abandoning Postman and its clones?

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  • Our team lives in Git, our communication is happening on slack, our docs written and maintained on confluence and after some time they always drift away from the actual requests inside Postman.

    So we built and open sourced Voiden a few months ago: an API tool where all that: specs, tests, context and docs are always together in the same executable plain text file (markdown). We also made this Git native so that every change is versioned and tracked just like code.

    The last change we have made is to add a Runner so that one can run the files directly from the terminal and CI/CD pipelines.

    here is the tool: https://voiden.md/download repo: https://github.com/VoidenHQ/voiden

    welcome to try and give feedback!

  • Built an offline API tool with plain text files all the way down , inspired by curl and obsidian.

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    Built an API dev tool and got 12k+ installs already, this is what happened since we open sourced.

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  • what do you mean beyond the skill level?

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    Built an API dev tool and got 12k+ installs already, this is what happened since we open sourced.

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  • awesome!

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    Built an API dev tool and got 12k+ installs already, this is what happened since we open sourced.

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  • depends on the size of your team I guess? Postman used to really be the default API client for serious API testing. https://kaluvuri.com/blog/when-the-category-leader-stalls/

    And yes curl is great and is a big inspiration for Voiden. In fact we built it inspired by curl and obsidian.

    The problem I see with curl is that real API work is almost never just one request typed into a terminal like some kind of beautifully minimalist Unix haiku. It involves auth, environments, copied headers, reused payload fragments, request chains, documentation, testing, debugging, sharing examples with teammates, reviewing changes in Git, and trying not to break prod because you forgot to swap one token or one base URL.

    At that point you can not "just use curl" right?. You use curl plus other things. Curl plus shell scripts, curl plus notes, curl plus env files, plus copied commands from Slack, plus random JSON files, plus tribal knowledge etc etc.. Which is fine I guess but isnt it at some point super annoying and hard to collaborate on? That is the gap that I see this tool (Voiden) trying to solve.

    So for me it is not “curl vs Voiden.” curl is a low-level execution tool. Voiden is a workspace for actual API work: writing requests, organizing them, reusing pieces, documenting them, testing them, versioning them in Git, and not duplicating the same headers/body/auth setup 45 times :)

    does this resonate?

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    Built an API dev tool and got 12k+ installs already, this is what happened since we open sourced.

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  • what do you currently use? what are the limitations of what you tried and were not happy with?

  • Built an offline API tool with plain text files all the way down , inspired by curl and obsidian.

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  • awesome, let me know what you thought!

  • B Movie Bonanza @lemmy.world
    nikolasdimi @lemmy.world

    Smithereens (1982)

  • Built an offline API tool with plain text files all the way down , inspired by curl and obsidian.

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  • yes, indeed thats the idea. No need to log in or create an account on someones cloud.

    yes, plain text - markdown in particular, we have seen some devs do some great things we didnt even think of (it gives flexibility to create very weird and custom flows)

  • General Programming Discussion @lemmy.ml
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    Built an offline API tool with plain text files all the way down , inspired by curl and obsidian.

    github.com /VoidenHQ/voiden

  • Built an API dev tool and got 11k+ installs already, this is what happened since we open sourced.

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  • :) and what do you think?

  • Voiden - an Offline, Git-native API tool built around Markdown

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  • yeah, around 11k installs so far - and a few committed and opinionated contributors :) - hope you give it a try.

  • What useful unknown website do you wish more people knew about?

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  • Notion-like API DevTool (Offline, No accounts, AppImage (+more) available)

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  • Hey yes will do. Flatpak is something we see considering/working on.

    Notion in the sense that it adapts to the user. We like this idea : that you can use Notion for literally Amy document you want.

    In the same way, when one open Voiden they can "program" the interface with slash commands and add headers, auth, documentation etc in any way they like. So in Voiden we bring specs, tests and docs together in one single file. In the same way that you can use notion to bring different lists, blogs, ideas etc into the same place and collaborate. The difference and the power of Voiden is that everything you add in the Voiden doc is executable, meaning you can run the tests in the same place and keep the docs and the context (that might be on slack or anywhere else devs talk) together.

    Basically the notion like refers to the philosophy of the tool to not force a fixed UI to the user and allow for different use cases and scenarios. Does it make sense?

    We are also calling it Lego for APIs for the same reason plus because of the fact that you can use blocks to compose requests but also reuse them for multiple requests that share some similar components.

  • Linux @lemmy.world
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    Notion-like API DevTool (Offline, No accounts, AppImage (+more) available)

    github.com /VoidenHQ/voiden
  • B Movie Bonanza @lemmy.world
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    Fight for your Life (1977)

  • TIL that in uber in certain countries you can select a driver that does not talk for people who prefer silent drives

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  • so there could be an option "select a texan taxi driver" irrespective of where you are in the world

  • TIL that in uber in certain countries you can select a driver that does not talk for people who prefer silent drives

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  • yap...thats the thing...you never know...the interesting conversations can only happen only when we are open and ready to accept also the banal ones :)

  • TIL that in uber in certain countries you can select a driver that does not talk for people who prefer silent drives

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  • thats super sad....I dont have a problem with someone not wanting chit chat but isnt better to just say "hey, today I am not in much mood to talk" or to show it and to make it happen without explicitly selecting it in an app.....

    its just very black mirror esque

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL that in uber in certain countries you can select a driver that does not talk for people who prefer silent drives

    www.bbc.com /news/business-48315229
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL that kung fu (or gongfu) is not a martial art but means "proficiency, aptitude, or mastery" thats acquired over long, rigorous training.

    www.precisionstrikekungfu.com /what-is-kung-fu
  • B Movie Bonanza @lemmy.world
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    The night brings Charlie

  • Programmer Humor @programming.dev
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    Promoting your API tool - Guide for founders on Reddit

  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
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    Open Source, Incentives, and Why 'Monetize Later' Often Backfires

    dev.to /kaluvuri/open-source-incentives-and-why-monetize-later-often-backfires-1bma
  • Programmer Humor @programming.dev
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    Modern API tools

  • B Movie Bonanza @lemmy.world
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    Ator, the fighting eagle (1982)

  • B Movie Bonanza @lemmy.world
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    The Lawnmower Man - 1992

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL that Rudyard Kipling (writer of the jungle book) wrote a poem called "IF". A few lines of this poem are highlighted in the entrance of Wimbledon's Centre Court.

    blog.emiliosanchezacademy.com /loved-wimbledon-day/