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In order to build a properly implemented one, one must first learn to build one. I find most people jump onto graphql because they see the volume of work to create crud endpoints for all of their models and decided to punt.

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It’s a false promise. You’re just moving the complexity elsewhere, into wiring this ridiculous graphql infrastructure together and making it actually do what you want in all but the simplest/tutorial-like scenarios.

Seriously. I sometimes think I'm visiting a satirical alter realm when I see these obtuse systems that end up requiring more cognitive energy to glue together than the regular version in <lang of your choice here> being praised rather than derided.

> I sometimes think I'm visiting a satirical alter realm when I see these obtuse systems that end up requiring more cognitive energy to glue together than the regular version in <lang of your choice here> being praised rather than derided.

You're lucky, you're only visiting. I'm working in that alternate reality :-)

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