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> As far as I can see, there is precisely one scenario where GraphQL makes sense - and that's where you are building an unbounded number of front end clients which will consume a complex data model. And unless both of those things are true, GraphQL is going to cost you more than the value it adds.

That matches my impression. Frankly I don’t think it’s very interesting. But damned if 3/4 the webtech-focused job postings I see don’t list “graphQL experience” under the nice-to-haves.



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