Build a GraphQL API server efficiently without vendor lock-in

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25 pointscharlie00773 comments

I'm glad this exists.

When I was getting started in GraphQL two years ago and had questions for things like pagination I either got downvoted[0] to hell or "help"[1] in the form of, "Why don't you just use Apollo/Prisma"? No offense to any frameworks but they often come with a bunch of crap I don't want/need. Even the eventual "solution" provided in [1] didn't offer pagination without a framework.

[0]: https://stackoverflow.com/q/48817281

[1]: https://github.com/howtographql/howtographql/issues/514

Thanks for sharing. I totally feel you. I spent long time doing research and not super happy about what I found. I would say prisma/hasura is pretty good at this point, however, as a "minimalist", I just feel it is better to have some light weight "helpers" that does most the jobs and give you full control of everything, no extra process, no new things to learn, no blackbox, etc.

You should try it if you don't like black box.

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