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Re:Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you ref... by isbvhodnvemrwvn on Friday October 06, 2023 @03:09PM (#37794887)
I don't particularly enjoy a VC-fueled project having ability to intercept all my browser traffic to handle CORS.
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Re:Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you ref... by snazz on Friday October 06, 2023 @03:17PM (#37794992)
Having a dedicated browser profile is a good solution to this if you’re ever uncomfortable with a particular extension.
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Re:Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you ref... by lima on Friday October 06, 2023 @03:16PM (#37794979)
Running standalone binaries by a VC-fueled project on your host is even worse.

I guess a separate quarantine browser profile is the best of both worlds?

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Re:Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you ref... by shadowgovt on Friday October 06, 2023 @03:16PM (#37794974)
Ah, I follow. I was confused because a small, open-source extension should be sufficient to handle sending test requests. Sounds like they're doing something much bigger than that.

POSTman started as an extension; hence my confusion. I was wondering if there was a technical issue I was unaware of.

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