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I think GraphQL is useful for getting data for UIs on any platform.

- build views without being blocked waiting for a new rest endpoint

- get exactly what the UI needs to render

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Although to negate my own first point, nb4 being blocked on waiting for new mutations and queries :P

Native applications don’t need that, though. Modern languages embrace async/await and don’t waste cycles or block the UI or even the backend unnecessarily waiting for network/local IO or user interaction.

In that regard, rust is actually behind. Async/await is still coming.

Native applications don’t get blocked waiting for backend engineers to implement a new REST endpoint?

Native applications don’t benefit from smaller responses of just the data they need to render a view?

I am confused.

Also, you can use it to query local data too.

This enables you to transparently move data-source around.

That’s a good point! Never thought about local data sources. I’ve only mapped over SQL, REST, and redis/etc.

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