I thought the purpose of Relay is to get you to use a graph db. I think of GraphQL as a layer that sits between the REST API and web application, allowing you t

I thought the purpose of Relay is to get you to use a graph db. I think of GraphQL as a layer that sits between the REST API and web application, allowing you to specify custom queries that interact with the REST API behind the scene, so your REST layer can be application agnostic and you won't have to hardcode any application specific transformations between your REST API and your web or mobile or xbox etc app.