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by blowski 755 days ago
My experience is that the problem is avoided in theory, but not in practice.

Making a good API on a large system with many clients is always difficult. GraphQL makes it easier in theory, but if you have average level devs working on it, they’ll make a bigger mess than if they use simple REST. The latter will still be complex, but at least it’s easier to have observability.

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Aka never underestimate the power of additional complexity to drive bad use, absent familiarity.