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by schickling 3474 days ago
That's a really good point, kabes.

At Graphcool (https://www.graph.cool) we're working on exactly what you're describing. We're putting a lot of work into optimizing for the best possible performance while providing a powerful and flexible API. The key for this will be combining GraphQL and serverless technologies like AWS Lambda to implement your business logic.

Concerning security: We're currently testing a new permission system with a group of beta testers which leverages the Graph structure of your backend to specify data access rules.
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hobofan 3474 days ago
Hey there, there is one thing I've been wondering about with Graphcool: What's your plan for supporting BI solutions? As it stands there doesn't seem to be a way for non-developers to do any analysis on the data that resides inside Graphcool.

I also have a bit of feedback on the webiste: It looks way way overloaded. I get it, it's cool how easy it is to use, but there are ~6 full blown code examples on very different things. The FAQ link doesn't take me to a FAQ page that answers the questions I have, but instead takes me to a guides page (which is only a little bit better than the FAQ link in the footer that takes me to the main page again). The competitor matrix feels really arbitrary. Fields with almost the exact same texts yield you a "++" and the competitor a "-"? Why? I feel like a dedicated "features" page would do a much better job at highlighting your strengths.

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schickling 3474 days ago
Hi hobofan (funny name btw), really good questions: 1) BI/Data analysis for non-developers: It's not a feature we're providing yet out of the box but it's on our roadmap for the upcoming months. For now we're focussing on the best possible DX. 2) FAQ link: Yup, you're right. That's broken right now. We're fixing it. 3) Competitor matrix: Good point, we'll try to make this more clear/objective. 4) Dedicated "features" page: I agree, we'll consider it while restructuring the page.

Again, thanks a lot for your great feedback. And I'm glad you enjoyed using Graphcool so far!

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