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GraphQL is not comparable to Firebase, it is comparable to implementing your own REST/gRPC/Thrift API. When comparing apples to apples, GraphQL is amazing for
by hamandcheese 8y ago
GraphQL is not comparable to Firebase, it is comparable to implementing your own REST/gRPC/Thrift API.
When comparing apples to apples, GraphQL is amazing for rapidly iterating.
I think the biggest risk with GraphQL is it’s too easy to just mirror your data structures as an API.
Also, unrelated to the above, but we use Firebase for a few auxiliary real-time needs at work and it goes down constantly.
- he0001 8y ago>When comparing apples to apples, GraphQL is amazing for rapidly iterating. Rapidly iterating what?
- hamandcheese 8y agoMostly the frontend. I’m comparing to a React+Redux+REST app where for every new resource you have to: - create a new action - turn that action into requests via some middleware - denornalize and put in your store - maybe write a selector to get the data you need from your store