Performance issues are not unique to GraphQL. There's a fundamental data modelling issue that any relational-based system needs to address somewhere in the sta

Performance issues are not unique to GraphQL. There's a fundamental data modelling issue that any relational-based system needs to address somewhere in the stack. Data is stored in more than one table and that data often needs to be joined together for the frontend. Embedded REST apis have the same fundamental issue. That work is just "hidden" inside some sort of server side function. ---- Imo, GraphQL and REST face the same fundamental performance issues. The difference is GraphQL allows clients to optimize the data they need in the response. I'd you have a GraphQL performance issue, you'll likely have a similar or worse REST issue.