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Stop Waiting for the Backend — Mock Your APIs in 30 Seconds

Stop Waiting for the Backend — Mock Your APIs in 30 Seconds

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Every frontend developer knows this feeling. The backend isn't ready. You've got a Figma file, a deadline, and absolutely nothing to call. So you do one of three things: Hardcode JSON directly into your component. Spin up json-server locally. Or just wait. All three are painful in different ways. The real problem with existing mock tools The tools that exist today fall into two camps. Too heavy. MSW is powerful but requires install, config, and service worker setup. Mockoon is great but it's a desktop app — your mock lives on your machine, nobody else can use it. MirageJS requires you to essentially rebuild your API layer inside your frontend. Too simple. Most online mock tools give you a JSON endpoint but nothing else. No error simulation. No latency. No way to test what happens when your API is slow or broken. Neither camp solves the actual problem: I need a working API URL my whole team can hit in under a minute, without setting anything up. What frontend devs actually need Think ab

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