Re:Paw – macOS HTTP client for testing and describing APIs
by crispinb on Monday October 23, 2017 @09:51PM
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Just checked out Insomnia. From a first run through with a few endpoints it does seem beautifully done. I have been dismissive of electron-based apps in the past. VS.Code started to wear that down - I never took to using it because IntelliJ & emacs cover my bases, but I played with it enough to see its excellence. Now there's Insomnia. Perhaps I need to rethink my attitude to electron apps. I am uncomfortable with their size (eg. Insomnia @ 170MB), but given the quality that's clearly possible, I'm starting to distrust that discomfort.
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Re:Paw – macOS HTTP client for testing and describing APIs
by h1d on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @11:06AM
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And what exactly makes you uncomfortable having 170MB sitting?
OS must be crazy for you.
Re:Paw – macOS HTTP client for testing and describing APIs
by crispinb on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @09:02PM
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It seems wasteful on space (when I have fancier native apps using much less). I'm not sure it matters that much in practise (though it did recently, before I upgraded my laptop SSD size). But neither am I 100% comfortable with giving comparatively minor apps carte blanche to use as much disk space as they wish.
As I say, I'm unresolved on the matter. Really nice electron apps like Insomnia are prompting a rethink.