Voiden Blog
API tutorials, resources & updates
Nikolas Dimitroulakis
Pre & Post Request Scripts Beyond the JavaScript Sandbox: Real Python and Shell in Voiden
Every API client runs pre- and post-request scripts in a JavaScript sandbox — and there's an architectural reason why. Voiden is the only one that runs them on real interpreters: JavaScript, Python, and shell.
Phurpa Tsering
How to Test WebSocket Applications: Functional, Load, and Debugging
A practical guide to testing multiuser WebSocket applications: functional testing, load testing with k6 or Artillery, debugging, and keeping WebSocket tests in Git.
Nikolas Dimitroulakis
Why Voiden Is Built on Electron
An honest look at why we chose Electron for Voiden — the real tradeoffs, the real numbers, and what the community pushback taught us about talking about them.
Nikolas
Request History in Voiden: Never Lose Track of a Request Again
How Voiden's Request History turns every API request into a local, replayable snapshot — what it records, where it lives, and how to get your last working request back.
Nikolas
What Is Git? Version Control Explained for API Developers
A plain-language guide to Git for developers who work with APIs: commits, branches, staging, remotes, merge conflicts, and the beginner mistakes that actually matter.
Samuel Kaluvuri
What Is OAuth 2.0? A Developer's Guide to Delegated Access, Tokens, and Trust
OAuth 2.0 explained for developers: the four roles, app registration, the authorization code flow with state and PKCE, access and refresh tokens, JWTs, grant types including device code, what OAuth 2.1 changes, and why auth belongs in your architecture.
Nikolas
Bringing Agent Skills to Voiden Workflows: AI Skill for Claude and Codex
Voiden's AI Skill generates a skill.md file that teaches Claude and Codex the .void format so your AI agent can read and write valid Voiden files. Enable it once in Settings.
Phurpa Tsering
Why Privacy Matters in API Development: The Data Your Client Sends Home
Your API client holds your tokens, internal URLs, and request payloads. Here's what Postman, Insomnia, and Bruno actually send home, and what to check before you trust one.
Nikolas
Postman vs Insomnia vs Bruno vs Hoppscotch vs Voiden: The 2026 API Client Comparison
A storage-model-first comparison of five API clients in 2026 — where your requests, tests, and docs are actually allowed to live, and what each tool trades away to get there.