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Cookie Management, Global Environments, and Code Generation
Only a week has gone by since the last update, but a lot has changed. This release introduces three brand new features – cookie management, global environment variables, and code snippet generation!...
View ArticleGoogle to Discontinue Chrome Apps
Don't worry! The Chrome version of Insomnia will be kept available for as long as necessary, but you should upgrade to the standalone version (3.0) as soon as possible. Download Version 3.0...
View ArticleChrome REST Client Alternatives
Yesterday, Google announced that it would be discontinuing Chrome Apps in mid-2017. This means that popular Chrome-based REST clients like Insomnia (2.0), Postman, Advanced REST Client, and DHC will...
View ArticleLinux Update Notifications
As you may know, the existing Linux version of Insomnia does not auto-update like the Windows and Mac versions. However, starting with version 3.2.2, the app will display a prompt when a new update is...
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Hacker News, JSONPath, And More!
Exactly one week ago Insomnia reached #1 on HackerNews, generating around 50,000 website visits, 10,000 new users, and 200 email conversations. I spent the week going through these conversations and...
View ArticleInsomnia Plus Is Now in Beta
tl;dr visit the Insomnia Plus Beta Documentation Four months ago I left my previous job to work full-time on Insomnia. Since then, I've had over 300 amazing conversations with users have helped...
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Month 1-4 Recap – A Good Start
One major goal when transitioning to Insomnia full-time was to share as much about the process as possible. As an independent developer with little time, success heavily relies on the effective use of...
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Introducing Insomnia Plus
Today, I'm proud to introduce Insomnia Plus – the first paid addition to Insomnia that syncs data seamlessly across all of your devices. Insomnia Plus also acts as a secure backup, so you can rest...
View ArticleSecure Remote Passwords for Go
Insomnia's cloud sync feature makes use of the Secure Remote Passwords protocol to help protect the user's credentials during authentication. The folks at Mozilla maintain a great library called...
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Insomnia 4.0 – Out of Beta at Last!
Version 4 brings multipart support, response history, performance, and more! The number 3 just wasn't big enough to contain all the awesome stuff in this release, so it's been bumped to 4.0! This...
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Month 5 Recap – First Revenue
Welcome to the recap of my fifth month working on Insomnia full time. In this blog series, I analyse interesting growth metrics and reflect on valuable lessons learned while trying to take Insomnia...
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Electron is a Web Developer's Dream
Electron is a framework for building cross-platform desktop apps in Javascript, HTML, and CSS. The folks at GitHub somehow managed to cram the Node.js runtime into the Chromium web browser, letting...
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December Recap – Happy New Year!
December is a notoriously slow month because of the holidays. I also decided to take some time off to reflect on things and spend time with family, so this recap will be relatively short. (Still...
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Introducing Color Themes!
Superb design has always been treated as a core feature of Insomnia. However, I recently noticed that no design-related work had been done on Insomnia in months. Because of this, I decided to spend a...
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January Recap – $110 MRR
Last Month's Recap was fairly uneventful due to extremely low app usage during the holiday season. Thankfully, usage is back up this month and things are looking great! Insomnia crossed last month's...
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February Recap – 192% MRR Growth
February was an exciting month for Insomnia with monthly recurring revenue growing 192% and monthly active users growing 14%. Considering how little time (none) was put into marketing and promotion,...
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March Recap – Calm Before the Storm
As Insomnia slowly grows into a sustainable business it becomes more and more difficult to find things to put in these updates. I'm currently heads-down putting the finishing touches on a very major...
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Insomnia 5.0 – The Biggest Release Yet!
TL;DR – This update brings contextual autocomplete, more authentication types, and better debugging! 👏 It's been over a month since the last release but version 5.0 is finally here! So, find a chair,...
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April Recap – Burnout and Declining Growth
April was the most difficult month yet. I Launched Version 5.0 with some large new features, and the release went fairly smoothly. However, 5.0 introduced a major compatibility problem for subset of...
View ArticleInsomnia Is Now Open Source
Today, I'm happy to announce that the Insomnia desktop app is now open source software under the MIT license! The source code is hosted on GitHub for your viewing pleasure. Insomnia on GitHub Journey...
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