Best of GraphQL — May 2024

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   API Design 101: From Basics to Best Practices

   This post provides an in-depth explanation of API design, focusing on the basics and best practices. It covers topics such as CRUD operations, communication protocols, REST, GraphQL, and more.

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   Alliedium/awesome-software-engineering: A curated list of awesome software engineering resources.

   A curated list of awesome software engineering resources, including topics such as BGP, TLS certificates, ACME, TCP, VXLAN, REST API, GraphQL, and more.

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   Difference between GraphQL, REST, and gRPC

   This post discusses the differences between REST, GraphQL, and gRPC. It explains the core concepts of each protocol, their strengths and weaknesses, and provides use cases for when to use them.

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   InfoSec Write-ups·2y

   How I Got My First Bounty: The Exciting Story of My Bug Bounty Breakthrough

   Learn how the author achieved their first bug bounty by discovering a GraphQL API key leak and cache poisoning vulnerability.

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   REST vs. GraphQL: A Detailed Comparison of API Architectures for Developers

   Comparison of REST and GraphQL API architectures for developers. Learn about their principles, pros, drawbacks, and use cases to make informed decisions.

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   Why, after 6 years, I’m over GraphQL

   The author explains why they no longer recommend GraphQL due to security risks, performance issues, coupling, complexity, and more. They suggest considering an OpenAPI-compliant JSON REST API as an alternative.

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   Substack·2y

   GraphQL Intro 101 (part 1)

   GraphQL is a modern API standard that offers an efficient, powerful, and flexible alternative to traditional REST APIs. It started at Facebook as a solution for optimizing data loading for mobile applications and addressing the limitations of REST. There are pros such as efficient data loading and strong typing, but also cons like complexity and potential performance issues. Overall, GraphQL has found its place in the ecosystem and has an exciting future ahead.

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