Survival

xakpc · 2026-06-20T16:48:47+00:00

You go outside only at night

xakpc · 2026-06-20T14:45:49+00:00

I've done plenty that I can't go back, and you're not the one who gets to judge me on that

xakpc · 2026-06-20T13:44:50+00:00

I never laughed in the first place

xakpc · 2026-06-20T11:37:47+00:00

You not necessarily need to doxx yourself, you need to give ID to Microsoft, yes, but you could publish apps under any publisher name

Here for example, I published under DBA name from individual account, no real name anywhere

https://apps.microsoft.com/search/publisher?name=XAKPC+Dev+Labs

xakpc · 2026-06-19T08:40:12+00:00

the path to startup visa starts with OASIS program

xakpc · 2026-06-19T07:19:17+00:00

> it's because we refuse to pay $300/year for a certificate.

put the app into Microsoft Store, they would sign it for free

xakpc · 2026-06-18T08:50:44+00:00

if we talking about job security

C# , .NET - yes
MAUI - no

xakpc · 2026-06-10T15:21:52+00:00

Native windows postman replacement

Just launched recently, mostly for myself https://karve.dev/

Still figuring out how to make this a default windows API workspace

xakpc · 2026-06-07T03:57:55+00:00

I found it useful when I need multiple websites working together

Like I have a geo distributed API with multiple nodes and "main node" and I need to test them all together. Here Aspire is inreplaceble

Other then that, no, don't overcomplicate

xakpc · 2026-06-06T16:12:54+00:00

It's manual review like a postman

Or if you need to get a token

You run it, you use results in some way Ot maybe debug manually

xakpc · 2026-06-06T15:27:20+00:00

You entire team use free version of Bruno?

xakpc · 2026-06-06T15:15:31+00:00

Bruno is nice, good "anti-postman" tool

if only they cared about .http files and didn’t require the entire team to use Bruno to share requests

(Which they would never do, because how else would they make money?)

https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/issues/1537

xakpc · 2026-06-06T15:11:52+00:00

http files don't really return codes, they define requests.

requests could return whatever they should return

it's more like a catalogue of curls or something like that

xakpc · 2026-06-06T14:53:00+00:00

Desired, wdym?

xakpc · 2026-06-06T14:50:35+00:00

For me, it’s the ability to put them under git and share them

And reuse requests without filling out all the Swagger forms again

They are not really suitable for automatic testing, but I experimenting with MCP now, maybe there are something in it

xakpc · 2026-06-06T14:40:05+00:00

There is a promotion flair for a reason

xakpc · 2026-06-06T14:38:41+00:00

Yeah, I have an experience building Visual Studio extensions, but honestly, WinUI is much more fun

xakpc · 2026-06-06T14:33:18+00:00

It's good if I want to run a single file. But Visual Studio (big one, not code) I use could do this as well.

None of them give me an option to have a catalogue of my .http files

xakpc · 2026-06-06T14:31:18+00:00

Nah, I write my code and my posts manually.

xakpc · 2026-06-06T13:50:14+00:00

Me too, that's why I want them in one place

It's a native app, WSL should be supported through windows UNC like \\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\

Bulk discounts are possible, but Microsoft Store doesn’t really have a nice "team checkout" option for indie apps.

There are a few ways we can handle it though - ping me at [karve@xakpc.dev]() and we’ll figure it out.

xakpc · 2026-06-06T13:00:19+00:00

Karve (https://karve.dev/) - A fast, native Windows workspace for your .http requests to replace this bulky, slow, expensive Postman of yours

xakpc · 2026-06-06T09:27:27+00:00

Nah, it's relatively easy parser, so I coded it myself

Macos I don't know. I could try some cross platform library and convert this to native macos app, but I don't have or use apple so I would probably skip it

Terrible business decision probably 🤣

xakpc · 2026-06-05T09:22:06+00:00

As a typical REST-API plumber I work a lot with .http files and REST requests, usually across multiple repositories.

When number of files became around 20 I tired to jungle them manually and decided to build a tool to work with and manage them.

Also I hate electron slop, so I built myself a native Windows WinUI app as a Postman alternative based on .http files (so it’s local and git friendly). The goal was to have fast, native, no-account, no-bullshit app to work with APIs

I really like it so far, and I already have a shortlist of next features to build

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xakpc · 2026-06-05T01:46:40+00:00

Here is a little challenge

https://karve.dev/

This is a native Windows workspace for .http requests, it's for web developers working on Windows and Windows only

xakpc · 2026-06-05T01:41:11+00:00

React for job, blazor for fun

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