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


Yaak: A Fast, Pluggable, and Secure Bruno Alternative (2025)

Bruno launched in 2022, but got its break in 2023 when Insomnia forced its users to sign up for a cloud account…

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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, but it forces you to store all API requests and secrets…

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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: A Git-Friendly, Open Source Postman Alternative (2025)

Postman is by far the most dominant API client on the market. Since launching in 2014, it has amassed 40 million users…

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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

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…

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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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