July 2018 Summaries

Muchhala, a Software Developer at Postman, primarily focuses on building UIs for web products like the Postman dashboard, documentation, and monitoring, while also working on the backend to interact with microservices. Having joined Postman as an intern after using the tool during college projects, Muchhala has been involved in developing an improved analytics layer to enhance product performance, utilizing technologies such as React, Redux, sailsJS, and AWS Elastic Beanstalk. He emphasizes the importance of Postman's monitoring feature for API performance and recommends Git as an underrated development tool. Outside of work, Muchhala is passionate about food and enjoys creating simple comic strips.

Postman has revamped its API monitoring service and pricing structure to improve customer experience. The service allows users to run collections periodically to assess API performance, offering 1,000 free monitoring calls for all users, 10,000 for Postman Pro teams, and 100,000 for Enterprise teams each month. Previously, additional monitoring calls could be purchased in two ways: pay-as-you-go or by buying discounted blocks. However, Postman now offers smaller, more affordable blocks of 50,000 requests for $20, maintaining the same per-call discount rate, thus making it more accessible for teams with smaller monitoring needs. Existing users of larger blocks will automatically transition to the smaller block system without immediate changes, ensuring a seamless update.

Accidentally deleting a Postman Collection can be remedied with Postman's recovery feature, which allows users to restore deleted collections from the "Trash" area in their Postman dashboard. Standard users have a one-day window to recover their deleted collections, while Postman Pro and Enterprise users enjoy extended recovery periods of 30 and 90 days, respectively. The recovery process is straightforward; users navigate to the dashboard, access the "Trash" screen via the user icon dropdown, and select the collection they wish to restore to the desired workspace. For further assistance, users are encouraged to consult the help center.