Thoughts on building an indie developer tool, and posts about API tooling.
Yaak earns about $5k MRR from commercial licenses for its binaries. Why I chose this model, how it's working, and the tradeoffs of keeping the entire app open source.
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.
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…
Yaak is a local-first API client that focuses on security, ease of use, and collaboration (using Git). Thousands of…
Postman is the most popular desktop API client by a long shot. It only gained Git-native file storage in 2026 — for…
The 2025 Yaak user survey, with an update on shipped features and large-workspace performance.
A December 2024 look back at building Yaak full-time, with an update on features that have since shipped.
Finally, an open-source API Client that is an alternative to Postman or Insomnia!
Why Yaak started closed-core in June 2024, before becoming MIT-licensed open source that September.
The April 2024 story behind Yaak, with current links to Git collaboration, WebSockets, and plugins.
