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johnson Online curl command line builder

This is really cool. You could tie the output to one of my projects: embedcurl.com

This also makes me want to go back and add Copy as curl to hurl.it.

johnson Ask HN: What monitor/alert system do you use to monitor your cloud servers?

For HTTP monitoring, check out https://www.runscope.com/docs/radar (disclosure: I'm a founder)

johnson Ask HN: Where do you aim to be 30 years from now?

Song, you are the best.

johnson httpdiff – diff responses to two HTTP/HTTPS requests

Awesome tool! Our Traffic Inspector also has this feature for requests captured through our API debugging proxy: https://www.runscope.com/docs/comparisons

johnson Google Calendar for iPhone

FluidApp works great for this.

johnson Ask HN: Please help me find that documentation website with good usability

Look for slate from tripit as well

johnson Ask HN: What API do you use instead of Rapportive?

Full Contact or Clearbit

johnson Ask HN: Any examples of shadow-testing in production environments?

Our proxy may simplify the capture for you: https://www.runscope.com/docs/debugging

You can then access the data via API or edit and retry from the web interface.

johnson Ask HN: What's the best way to write an API spec?

Yet another relatively new definition format: http://raml.org/

johnson Home for the holidays, and for a 20-year-old issue of PC Magazine

PC magazine was instrumental to my career in tech. I loved when a new one arrived and would read every page. It taught me so much about IT at the age of 12 that I never would have learned if I just played with computers. I even got something printed in Abort, Retry, Fail once and wore the t-shirt I got in return with pride for many years. This post does a good job of capturing the optimism that was embedded in a every issue (except Dvorak's columns). I miss that feeling.

johnson Show HN: Airplane-mode – an HTTP caching/mocking lib inspired by in-flight wifi

Jeremiah is a friend of mine and I liked this project so I thought I'd share it.

johnson ‘Serial,’ Podcasting’s First Breakout Hit, Sets Stage for More

If you listen to hearstartup.com you'll find Marco investing in Gimlet Media which is all about creating a lot more podcasts like Serial so he's very much in favor of the format.

johnson Netflix Pulls Plug on Public API

http://www.omdbapi.com/

http://developer.rottentomatoes.com/

johnson Netflix Pulls Plug on Public API

Announced 18 months ago: http://developer.netflix.com/blog/read/Changes_to_the_Public...

johnson Firefox Developer Edition

If I may offer a shameless plug...if those requests are on public DNS, you can capture and share them with Runscope: https://www.runscope.com/docs/debugging https://www.runscope.com/docs/sharing

johnson OAuth Playground

It's down now but here are some other oauth tools I use and built:

foauth.org

Token generator: https://www.runscope.com/oauth_tool

johnson Ask HN: What Python framework would you use to serve up a REST API?

flask-restful if flask (powers Twilio API and was written by my co-founder), Django Rest Framework if Django

johnson Dropbox is in your Office

That is no longer the case. Using Dropbox for Business gives you two separate boxes and the admin for the business one cannot see or access the files from your personal one.

johnson Hosting for Webhooks and Transform Streams

Interesting take on this. I like webscript.io but prefer JavaScript to Lua. Also, great domain.

You should check out our tools. We can help a lot with the storage/display of http requests.

johnson Poynt – Smart payment terminal

Congrats on the launch and new gig! You should update your HN bio ;)

johnson Firebase is Joining Google

Startup dilemma pre-acquisition: "they're just a startup! how will I know they'll be around in 12 months?! so risky!"

Startup dilemma post-acquisition: "they're no longer in control! how can I trust they'll be around in 12 months!? so risky!"

johnson Ask HN: API Playgrounds?

https://www.runscope.com ;) http://hurl.it http://requestb.in

Others http://john-sheehan.com/blog/ultimate-api-webhook-backend-se...

johnson Ask HN: How do you do your RESTful API automated testing?

https://www.runscope.com (my company)

Can extract links to follow. We'll have more info soon specific to hypermedia.

johnson Show HN: Snitch.io – SSL auditing and alerting

Who's "we"? You need an about page.

johnson Ask HN: What service should we use for customer support?

Helpscout

johnson Is Hootsuite worth $9.99 a month?

Another option not yet mentioned: https://respond.ly/ Especially good for doing support via twitter.

johnson Ask HN: API to pull bank/CC statement?

plaid.com

johnson With $30M More in Hand, IFTTT Looks to the Internet of Things

Pinboard has 24K active users[0]. I have some inside info (having previously worked at IFTTT 2 years ago) that this number is significantly less people than use most of IFTTT's channels. It's one of the early channels and taking the time to fix it and migrate everyone is probably not justified for such a small audience.

Also, if Pinboard really wants it updated, add OAuth and contact IFTTT. They have a better solution for them.

[0]: https://blog.pinboard.in/2014/07/pinboard_turns_five/

johnson Show HN: Tyk – Open Source API Gateway written in Golang

You could 10x your pricing and likely still be lower than all of the commercial API management tools out there.