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• Hacker News1Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins and attempts to share all API dataPostman desktop on macOS allegedly auto-installed Codex and Claude Code plugins, added a startup hook that routes broad API tasks to Postman, self-approved that hook, and enabled a remote MCP server that failed authentication. The reporter calls this a severe consent and trust-boundary issue and asks for opt-in consent, removal of self-approval, narrowed instructions, and a full rollback path.Postman's decline into bloat and monetization:Commenters lament Postman's shift from a simple, lightweight API tool to a bloated SaaS with forced logins, subscriptions, and AI features, blamed on VC funding and growth-at-all-costs pressure.Security and data-logging concerns:A user found Postman logs request details, including resolved secret values from templated variables, to its servers, making it non-HIPAA-compliant; some organizations have dropped it over cybersecurity concerns.Migration to alternatives like Bruno:Many users have switched to Bruno, Hoppscotch, Yaak, Kreya, or curl, valuing git-friendly, offline-first tools, though some worry Bruno may also eventually monetize aggressively.
• Reddit science1Scientists tested hair and nails from 8 Inca child mummies sacrificed on Andes mountaintops 500 years ago and found these kids were given coca leaves and alcohol, likely to ease their long, scary final journey, not to make them hallucinate. One girl even had traces of a plant from the Amazon jungle.Hair and nail analysis of eight Inca child mummies sacrificed around 500 years ago in capacocha rituals revealed they were given coca, alcohol, and possibly Amazonian harmine before death, likely to ease their hardships rather than induce hallucinations.Drugs may have eased the ordeal:Some argue the children were treated as honored figures and given comforts for years, so the drugs may have eased their final journey. Others say drugging children to subdue them is still child murder.Coca leaves versus cocaine:Many commenters stress that coca leaves are a mild stimulant, unlike cocaine, and are used today for altitude sickness. Debate also covered whether harmine suggests stronger hallucinogens like ayahuasca.Judging past cultures:Commenters debate whether historical practices should be judged by modern morals. Some insist judgment is necessary, while others warn that people today have their own moral blind spots.
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