A Shiny New OpenAPI Tools
We celebrate the long-awaited relaunch of the beloved site awesome-tools site driven by our community. Also in this edition - Postman acquires another API tools company (and another!), a fresh version of Bruno, the Arazzo 1.0 spec, and more!
The stars aligned over the Christmas break, and Mike, Phil, and I came together to bring you a revamped OpenAPI Tools website.
The new version is jam-packed with goodness. It has pages for each category, with guides, articles, and reviews for each tool. We have added support for Overlays and Arazzo. Tools that don't support OpenAPI v3.1 or later are listed only on the new legacy page. We can't wait for you to check it out.
The site is built with Astro, hosted on Netlify, and driven by a collection of markdown files representing each tool.
If your favorite OpenAPI tools are missing, a quick PR is all it takes to add them.
-- Alexander
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Fern is joining Postman
Postman has been on a buying spree recently, acquiring Fern (past sponsor), a tool that creates beautiful docs and SDKs for your API. I always have mixed feelings about acquisitions, with some turning out to be great and others signalling a slow death of the company. A positive note is that the entire Fern team is joining Postman, which is very different from the recent tech industry acquisitions we have seen. Hopefully, this means they will continue to steer the product in the right direction.
Postman acquires liblab
Five minutes after I heard that Postman was acquiring Fern, I learned that liblab had also been gobbled up. Personally, I not heard of liblab before, but they also offer SDK generation from OpenAPI spec. Now I am honestly flummoxed as to why they would buy two? Perhaps the focus is on acquiring their customers and removing two of the top tools from the market?
Bruno Version 3
Bruno is a local-first, open-source API Client. Honestly, I love Bruno, and they just released version three, which includes a host of new goodies—a much-welcome UI refresh, YAML support, enhanced Git features, and now a built-in terminal.
GraphQL loves REST
A comparison between GraphQL and REST, comparing their strengths and weaknesses. While I disagree that latency is a REST issue, please don't make me tap the sign; design first is what matters. If you find your client making too many round-trip requests, your API design may need review, and should be designed for better cacheability, or you may be using the wrong solutions. Anyway, rant aside, the article examines persistent queries and how they address some of GraphQL's downsides.
APIs You Won't Hate
Articles written and shared in our free Slack community.
OpenAPI Tools
As I mentioned in the intro, OpenAPI Tools got a significant refresh. Is there a tool you're missing from the site? Check out the contribution guidelines for adding a new tool.
From our Community
Articles written and shared in our free Slack community.
Arazzo Specification 1.0 - Cheat Sheet
Just before Christmas, Frank shared this great cheatsheet for the Arazzo spec in our Slack group. Thank you, Frank.
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✌️ Until next time,
Alexander, Phil & Mike
