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Just use cURL (justuse.org)

submitted 1 month ago by limer@lemmy.ml to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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This is hilarious to me, after using the evil things for years . Of course, there are reasons to use the hated postman and companies (may they be forever cursed). And I plan to keep using them.

But many valid points are made

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

If you're trying to say that curl isn't he best option for my mom, you're totally right.

For developers, on he other hand...

[–] hoppolito@mander.xyz 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I believe they are just pointing out a more concise cli option. No value judgment included as far as I can tell.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah tbh I just thought the --json option was pretty neat - I hadn't known about it until fairly recently