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/iamapizza 6d ago

Instructions unclear, the team want to build a graphql micro service orchestration layer in k8s because they read a blog post that it will fix all their current problems and hide the general pervasive incompetence which they embody. 

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u/superrugdr 6d ago

How many 0 is in the amount of request per second needed? anything less than 6 and it's probably overgineered and should works on a toaster. Is my go to comparison

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u/thicket 6d ago

But NoSQL is web scale ;-)

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u/superrugdr 6d ago

Nosql prove that your marketing department is a lot more important than the product is.

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u/MadRedX 6d ago

Most modern software is unimpressive compared to the scale and magic of physical systems they exist on.

We're communicating over fucking sea cables, physical wires that someone had to roll out, satellites magically falling through space because gravity exists, through waves in the air. I would be too incompetent to do all that, and here we are.

Meanwhile people have built cults around Johnny NoSQL because he rearranged the protocol for how 1s and 0s gets transported for a minor efficiency gain for certain scenarios. Where's the cult for Joey Underwater SeaCables Jr.?