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Comment by mrbarletta | Hacker News Reader

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I've been using graphcool (0.1) for quite some time, on a paid plan. I feel so lost with so many changes lately, graphcool 1.0, now prisma, first it was a baas, then open sourced, then only a graphql database, etc.

My question are (and I totally thank you guys for the great tool you created)

#1 how will you profit from it? I need to make sure we invest in a tool that will be supported.

#2, how do I migrate? I understand that now I have to take care of a lot more than before, but the information available ain't clear, instead of saying "Hey, we no longer will create everything for you, make sure you learn how to tie graphql-yoga + bindings+ prisma" you were saying "We will focus on graphql database" which led us wonder what it meant.

I think your decision to focus on the hard problem is the right one, it just that our relation as users/customers of graphcool has changed and that wasn't very well explained.

keep the great work!

Thanks mrbarletta!

Let me try to clear things up :-)

The Graphcool Framework is a all-in-one framework that combines a GraphQL query engine (now called Prisma), serverless functions and managed hosting (Graphcool Cloud).

Prisma is a major rewrite of the query engine. You can think of Prisma as the query engine powering the Graphcool Framework.

Today Prisma can be used stand alone as a GraphQL database layer in combination with GraphQL Binding. Later we will change the Graphcool Framework to use Prisma as the query engine.

In short - if you like the features of Graphcool Framework, you can keep using it like nothing changed.

Could you please address #1 how will you profit from it?

> Later we will change the Graphcool Framework to use Prisma as the query engine.

Which includes integrating it into their BaaS/PaaS platform, I imagine.

I'm also interested in #1!

@hobofan Prisma will find its way into our Cloud offering over time. I can't commit to a timeline yet

@LawJolla et al - We have seen tremendous growth in our Cloud business since the launch. Watch out for announcements in this space over the coming months :-)

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