Not only is there benefit for the developer, but for the consumer as well. Having typed APIs allows IDE-like autocomplete when working with API tools like Insom

Not only is there benefit for the developer, but for the consumer as well. Having typed APIs allows IDE-like autocomplete when working with API tools like Insomnia. An entire website dedicated to documentation for REST endpoints and their query parameters can be replaced with a simple readme instructing those to point their tool to the GQL client endpoint.