The GraphQL equivalent to creating a new, specialized REST route would be to create a new, specialized query. E.g. the following REST /articles-with-comme

The GraphQL equivalent to creating a new, specialized REST route would be to create a new, specialized query. E.g. the following REST /articles-with-comments?number=20 which returns title, contents etc. would map to a completely new query in graphql articlesWithComments(number: Integer) { title contents ... } so it is exactly as easy to optimize. Of course this is not very composable, but that is equally true for both solutions.