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by santialbo 1949 days ago
I see a lot of hatred in the comments towards GraphQL. Is someone forcing you to use it against your will?

I've been using it for more than a year with TypeScript types generation and couldn't be happier. All of my interactions with the server are properly typed and haven't had a single bug related to server/client missmatches.
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serverholic 1949 days ago
There are a bunch of elitists on here who get off on hating popular things.

I find it amusing that some of the comments are basically "Why use graphql when I can combine these 5 other technologies to do the same thing?"

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ehutch79 1949 days ago
It's not graphql that's the issue. it's another tool.

It's the fanboys, and more the people selling tooling. There's a guy who (was?) over at graphqleditor.com that was posting a whole bunch of articles, at least one of one said it was a mistake not to convert all your shit to graphql immediately.

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tylerchilds 1949 days ago
> Is someone forcing you to use it against your will?

I mean, kind of?

My problem with GraphQL isn't necessarily GraphQL itself, but with the sprawl of things creeping further and further into client-side code.

As companies are finding GraphQL to "unlock greater developer productivity", it's becoming more and more expected to have this in our toolkit as "front-end people".

There's been a few blog posts recently that I relate to. I feel like I'm at a point in my career where I could "knuckle-down and get good" but I don't actually want to get good at more and more endless technologies. I'd rather be able to define my niche specialization and thrive within that space.

[1]: https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/front-of-the-front-end-and-b...

[2]: https://www.trysmudford.com/blog/i-think-im-a-design-enginee...

[3]: https://notes.baldurbjarnason.com/2021/02/20/the-layers-of.h...

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