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Thoughts on building an indie developer tool, and posts about API tooling.


Postman's Free Plan Is Now One User

Postman removed free team collaboration in March 2026, and legacy plans convert to the new pricing at renewal. What that costs, what your options are, and how to move your collections without losing anything.

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Yaak vs Insomnia: A Local-First API Client Alternative (2026)

Compare Yaak and Insomnia for API development. Yaak is a local-first, open-source API client with Git-friendly files, encrypted secrets, plugins, and Insomnia imports.

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2025 Year in Review: 10x Growth

A year ago I had just launched Yaak’s commercial-use license and was sitting at $160 MRR. It was a gamble to choose a…

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Yaak vs Bruno: A Polished, Secure API Client Alternative (2026)

Compare Yaak and Bruno for API development. Yaak is a polished, secure Bruno alternative with local-first storage, Git-friendly files, encrypted secrets, plugins, and imports.

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Using Yaak at Work

Yaak is a local-first API client that focuses on security, ease of use, and collaboration (using Git). Thousands of…

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Best Git-Friendly Postman Alternatives (Desktop, CLI, and IDE)

Postman is the most popular desktop API client by a long shot. It only gained Git-native file storage in 2026 — for…

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2025 User Survey Results and The Future of Yaak

Wow. It’s been almost two months since I’ve typed on a keyboard, and it feels good to be back. As an indie…

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Yaak vs Postman: A Git-Friendly API Client Alternative (2026)

Compare Yaak and Postman for API development. Yaak is a focused, local-first, open-source Postman alternative with Git-friendly files, encrypted secrets, and Postman imports.

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Simplifying Pricing

Yaak's commercial license is now simpler and more accessible at $50 per user per year, and you can follow the journey with public stats.

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2024 Year in Review: Going Full-Time

It’s hard to believe that at the start of 2024, Yaak was still just a side project. Fast-forward a year, and it’s at…

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Fair Pricing for an Open-Source Future

Going all-in on local-first with a new commercial-use license for sustainable growth.

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Yaak Is Now Open Source

Finally, an open-source API Client that is an alternative to Postman or Insomnia!

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Why Not Open Source?

👋🏼 Update: I'm pleased to announce that Yaak is now open-source! Will Yaak be open source? The short answer is…

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Yet Another REST Client?

Why I built Yaak, a new REST client, and what sets it apart from the rest

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