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You probably don't need GraphQL

It might be surprising to hear the co-founder of a GraphQL company say you probably don't need it. Let me explain.

Facebook invented GraphQL as a central intermediary layer between their many end-user-facing clients and many data sources. Mobile apps break periodically after API changes GraphQL only returns the fields the client explicitly requests, so new capabilities can be added by adding new types or fields, which is never a breaking change for existing clients. Stay tuned for my next essay, which will explain the counterintuitive path that we have learned works best to adopt GraphQL successfully.

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