There's a lot more to be said about a schema-based API. On the server (which this project covers), maybe it's not as important, but it is tremendously helpful o

There's a lot more to be said about a schema-based API. On the server (which this project covers), maybe it's not as important, but it is tremendously helpful on the front end, especially when your data has a lot of relationships (Of course, you can do this without GraphQL). I think this is a big factor in how libraries like Apollo were able to grow so quickly. It's also nice that it's more standardized than a REST API - I know that if I need to work with a GraphQL api, I can look at the schema and immediately know how all the pieces fit together and how to get what I need.