[brianwawok]

Why do you need a graph database to run a drugstore? You will save hundreds of thousands of dollars in development if you just use postgres...

[erikpukinskis]

GraphQL is not a database it’s just a wire protocol. You need a database behind it and Postgres is quite common.

Compare it to JSON:API or GRPC.

With Apollo it also solves a lot of frontend caching and state management problems so you can somewhat use it as an alternative to Redux.

[juancampa]

He probably meant a Graphql API in front of the DB (e.g. Hasura)

[alexosh1]

Oops, yeah sorry. Graphql API in front of MySQL