The latest articles on DEV Community by igtumt (@igtumt). https://dev.to/igtumt https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3887870%2F875819f6-87c9-4a47-b193-9971c1fba9ec.jpeg https://dev.to/igtumt en igtumt Sun, 19 Apr 2026 21:17:28 +0000 https://dev.to/igtumt/stop-using-online-json-viewers-3k6o https://dev.to/igtumt/stop-using-online-json-viewers-3k6o <p>If you work with APIs, you probably do this multiple times a day:</p> <ul> <li>Copy JSON</li> <li>Open a random JSON viewer website</li> <li>Paste it</li> <li>Scroll and search</li> </ul> <p>It works. But it’s slow and repetitive.</p> <h2> The problem </h2> <p>Most JSON tools today are:</p> <ul> <li>Web-based (you paste your data into third-party sites)</li> <li>Slow and ad-heavy</li> <li>Not composable</li> </ul> <p>Also, sometimes you’re dealing with sensitive data — and pasting it into random websites is not ideal.</p> <h2> A simpler way </h2> <p>Instead of sending your data to tools…</p> <p>👉 bring the tools to your data.</p> <p>I built a small project called <strong>IsoBrowse</strong> to explore this idea.</p> <h2> Example </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>/get https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts | /run jq <span class="s2">"0.title"</span> </code></pre> </div> <p>That’s it.</p> <p>No copy/paste. No extra tabs.</p> <h2> Why this feels better </h2> <ul> <li>Everything runs locally</li> <li>No setup or dependencies</li> <li>You stay in one flow</li> <li>You can chain operations</li> </ul> <p>Example:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>/get https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts <span class="se">\</span> | /run jq <span class="s2">"0.title"</span> <span class="se">\</span> | /run uppercase </code></pre> </div> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fdkqc6z81uf88edkzcdjg.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fdkqc6z81uf88edkzcdjg.png" alt=" " width="800" height="513"></a></p> <h2> Where this helps </h2> <p>Small things you do every day:</p> <ul> <li>Checking API responses</li> <li>Extracting fields from JSON</li> <li>Debugging data</li> <li>Cleaning logs</li> </ul> <p>Individually small — but they add up.</p> <h2> Final thought </h2> <p>We got used to sending our data to tools.</p> <p>Maybe it’s time to flip that:</p> <blockquote> <p>process everything locally, instantly</p> </blockquote> <p>Repo + demo:<br> <a href="https://github.com/igtumt/isobrowse" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/igtumt/isobrowse</a></p> api cli productivity showdev