Ask HN: Does Anyone Like GraphQL?

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  • laminar

    Discontinued OpenApi backed REST APIs. Automatic validation of request / response based on the api schema. (by ovotech)

  • The main (and only) criticism I’ve ever heard about graphql in the companies I worked for was that it is very js-oriented all the best libs/frameworks for it are for react frontend / node server mostly.

    Backend scala / php devs looked at it with distaste in their eyes, coming up with various reasons why its not a good idea.

    And to be fair with tools like openapi / grpc a lot of the benefits of graphql can be replicated.

    Even if they are clumsy and fragmented compared to it in my eyes, they still work well enough and keep devs in all camps happy enough, and compromise as they say is “when everyone is equally unhappy”.

    Now placed in situations like this I am usually forced to reimplement graphql tooling with the chosen api tech (for example https://github.com/ovotech/laminar) and if me as a single dev could do it, then I’d wager if there was stronger tech leadership, all the other tech tribes could just smooth the edges that they didn’t like for using graphql in their respective languages … but sadly that has not been my experience.

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