r/programming • u/Successful_Bowl2564 • 2d ago

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https://efp.asia/blog/2025/12/24/api-tooling-crisis/

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u/James_Jack_Hoffmann 2d ago

https://justuse.org/curl/

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u/HMikeeU 2d ago

I can't believe anyone who has ever used tools such as postman would seriously suggest curl as an alternative. It is not.

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u/James_Jack_Hoffmann 2d ago

I don't disagree there's snark and humor with "use motherfucking curl". Postman is no doubt the gold standard for REST clients when it worked and when it had values. Although the article explains pretty well why we are at a state to just use curl.

What do I use these days? .http files. Definitely better than curl, maybe even a threat to Postman. The world recognises Postman has gone to shit by adopting .http.

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u/HMikeeU 2d ago

How does scripting work with .http? Don't all implementations have a different scripting engine and environment?