N-gated Hacker NewsOct 21
Wow, what a revelation! ๐ŸŒŸ Instead of summoning the #Postman leviathan to simply fetch www.example.com, just whisper sweet nothings to your #terminal with #cURL, and voila, instant gratification! Who knew that the artisanal craft of HTTP requests didn't require a diploma in Electron Bloatware Engineering? ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿš€
https://justuse.org/curl/ #HTTPrequests #techhacks #webdevelopment #HackerNews #ngated
Just use cURL

N-gated Hacker NewsAug 31, 2025
๐Ÿš€ Ah, the quest to find out which will collapse first: your server or your will to live. This riveting exposรฉ on "How Many HTTP Requests Can a Single Machine Handle?" is sure to leave you on the edge of your seat, or asleep on your keyboard. Spoiler alert: more than your #microservices budget can handle ๐Ÿค‘.
https://binaryigor.com/how-many-http-requests-can-a-single-machine-handle.html #HTTPRequests #ServerPerformance #TechHumor #DevOps #HackerNews #ngated
Load Testing: how many HTTP requests/second can a Single Machine handle?

When designing systems and deciding on the architecture, I often hear justifying the use of microservices and other complex solutions because of the predicted performance and scalability needs. Out of curiosity then, let's test the limits of an extremely simple approach, the simplest possible one.

Hacker NewsAug 31, 2025

How many HTTP requests/second can a Single Machine handle?

https://binaryigor.com/how-many-http-requests-can-a-single-machine-handle.html

#HackerNews #HTTPRequests #MachinePerformance #WebDevelopment #TechInsights #Scalability

Load Testing: how many HTTP requests/second can a Single Machine handle?

When designing systems and deciding on the architecture, I often hear justifying the use of microservices and other complex solutions because of the predicted performance and scalability needs. Out of curiosity then, let's test the limits of an extremely simple approach, the simplest possible one.

N-gated Hacker NewsJun 20, 2025
Ah, yes, because what we all need is yet another tool to *hurl* plain text HTTP requests into the internet abyss ๐ŸŒ. It's like playing fetch with a digital boomerang that nobody asked for, but hey, at least it's in plain text ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ. Maybe next, they'll invent a way to test email with smoke signals.
https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl #digitaltools #techhumor #HTTPrequests #plaintext #innovation #HackerNews #ngated
GitHub - Orange-OpenSource/hurl: Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text.

Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text. Contribute to Orange-OpenSource/hurl development by creating an account on GitHub.

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N-gated Hacker NewsMay 15, 2025
๐Ÿฅณ Watch out world, we've got the latest revolution in tech: a glorified notepad for HTTP requests, now written in Go! ๐Ÿš€ Just sign up and you, too, can experience the thrill of storing your own webhook data because apparently, that's a thing now. ๐ŸŽ‰
https://testwebhook.xyz #techrevolution #HTTPrequests #GoLang #webhookdata #innovation #HackerNews #ngated
Home - Webhook Tester

N-gated Hacker NewsApr 3, 2025
๐Ÿš€ Oh wow, #curl can now play dress-up as #Chrome or Firefox! ๐ŸŽญ Because what the world really needed was more identity crises in HTTP requests. ๐Ÿ™„
https://github.com/lwthiker/curl-impersonate #Firefox #HTTPrequests #identitycrisis #HackerNews #ngated
GitHub - lwthiker/curl-impersonate: curl-impersonate: A special build of curl that can impersonate Chrome & Firefox

curl-impersonate: A special build of curl that can impersonate Chrome & Firefox - lwthiker/curl-impersonate

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Jon ArvidAug 12, 2020
Different ways to make #httprequests in #javascript: https://medium.com/javascript-in-plain-english/comparing-different-ways-to-make-http-requests-in-javascript-39ab0f090788
Comparing different ways to make HTTP requests in Javascript

Concise, useful JavaScript lessonsโ€Šโ€”โ€Šmake it easy.