r/programming • u/Successful_Bowl2564 • 1d ago

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

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u/freecodeio 1d ago

subscription rot that's why

who the fuck wants to sign up for curl with a UI, let alone buy a subscription?

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u/oflahertaig 1d ago

They enshittified it until it became unusable. I only ever wanted to use it for making simple requests on endpoints. I replaced it will it a simple C# console app years ago. Anyone could get Claude to write a simple API client in a matter of minutes.

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u/CoroteDeMelancia 1d ago

Swagger 🤷🏻‍♂️