Network & APIs

Calling APIs, reading responses quickly, exposing a local server, putting your machines on one private network, and moving files between them.

curl

The HTTP client that exists everywhere. Only the flags you actually use.

HTTPie

A human-friendly HTTP client. Especially terse for JSON work.

Bruno and Postman

Two GUI clients for saving API requests as collections and sharing them.

Exposing a Local Server

Turning localhost into a temporary public URL for webhook testing and phone checks.

Tailscale

A private network between your machines that ignores NAT, firewalls, and where they happen to be — WireGuard with the hard parts handled.

LocalSend

AirDrop that doesn't care what the other device is — files between phone and laptop over your own network, no cloud in the middle.

AutoCLI

Pulling structured data out of Reddit, Hacker News, and dozens of other sites with one command instead of a scraper.