Learn how Netflix uses GraphQL federation for its API architecture, offering clients a unified API and backend devs flexibility and service isolation.

The Netflix Tech Blog provides insights into the engineering practices, architecture, and innovations behind the Netflix streaming platform. Developers can learn about Netflix's microservices architecture, data infrastructure, and machine learning algorithms, as well as explore topics such as video encoding, content delivery, and personalization algorithms used in the Netflix service.

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Netflix is known for its loosely coupled and highly scalable microservice architecture. Independent services allow for evolving at different paces and scaling independently. But they add complexity for use cases that span multiple services. Rather than exposing 100s of microservices to UI developers, Netflix offers a unified API aggregation layer at the edge.

How Netflix Scales its API with GraphQL Federation (Part 1)