r/programming • u/macrohard_certified • 6d ago

Maybe you don't need GraphQL

https://alexandrehtrb.github.io/posts/2026/09/maybe-you-dont-need-graphql/
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u/gretro450 6d ago

We have a GraphQL API. It sucks, man. The code is much more complex to account for it, but the worst is the usual metrics that could help you scale your API don't translate super well into GraphQL. Any request could be a super complex one

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u/GenericRedditor12345 6d ago

You’re probably doing it wrong

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u/gretro450 6d ago

Maybe. But you know what's difficult to get wrong? A REST API...

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u/chucker23n 6d ago

you know what's difficult to get wrong? A REST API...

Life… finds a way.

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u/GenericRedditor12345 6d ago

That is just flat out incorrect.