You're much correct about the performance implications of complex external queries. 500ms to 600ms is very realistic in that case. But I assume that you can alw

You're much correct about the performance implications of complex external queries. 500ms to 600ms is very realistic in that case. But I assume that you can always cache specific parts of the external requests, although the efficiency of that is very dependent on the homogeneity of your requests. And you're very right that GraphQL isn't very smart for a wiki (besides being a fancy replacement for REST). PsychonautWiki is documenting the effects (and dosage, durations, ...) of hallucinogenic substances; GraphQL allows people to easily query for substances with similar effects, or substances from the same class, .., all in a single request. Also you get type checking and field selection for free.