A few myths about GraphQL
summary
Gives specific counters to myths: shows working Python examples with Strawberry GraphQL, demonstrates session auth with Django and per-field permission checks, and explains how to prevent DoS by limit query depth and weighted cost analysis. Explains caching via persisted queries and automated persisted queries to allow GET-cacheable requests, and describes scaling with service composition using federation. Includes short code sketches and concrete deployment trade-offs so viewers can judge fit rather than high-level promises.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction to GraphQL
- 5:23GraphQL is hard to learn
- 9:36GraphQL and databases myths
- 16:57GraphQL caching misconceptions
- 21:29GraphQL scalability concerns
- 29:54Conclusion and wrap-up
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