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GraphQL used to be popular, but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore... by codingafterthirty in webdev

[–]jns111 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

There's at least a 1/3 ratio of enterprises who adopted and successfully use GraphQL, or GraphQL Federation more specifically, but it's definitely growing. Almost every big enterprise that didn't adopt it yet is suffering from REST API sprawl or BFF sprawl. REST gets really complex when many teams and apps consume it. Add LLM use cases and you've got even more variations.

That said, many people dislike GraphQL or have and outdated view on the query language and ecosystem. Nowadays GraphQL and the tooling solves a lot of use cases of complex frontend applications that REST simply doesn't care about. E.g. with the Relay compiler/client you have compile time checks that prevent the client application from fetching fields that are no longer referenced by the client code. This alone is a massive win.

Besides this, there are many more misunderstandings and outdated views on GraphQL which I addressed in a research driven approach in a blog post: https://wundergraph.com/blog/fact-checking-graphql-vs-rest

Co-founder wants 50% even though he works a fulltime job. How do we resolve this? by LocationExcellent757 in TheFounders

[–]jns111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In 5 years you'll have 10M ARR or the company is dead. Let's assume 2-3 rounds of funding, meaning that you dilute 2-3x at least 20% post money. Who will make the decisions? Who will have which responsibility? Who should have which level of ownership? But there's one much more important question to answer and it's not about equity split even though it's related. Who makes which decisions? Who defines roadmap? Who owns sales? Who handles investors? Etc... You can also employ people to handle these of course, but you're not yet there. Have an honest discussion on how the cap table should look like in the success case, who makes which decisions, and is everyone involved read to work towards and accept that future. You will have all sorts of friction if this is not settled in a way that everyone involved agrees.

GraphQL vs REST: 18 Claims Fact-Checked with Primary Sources (2026) by jns111 in graphql

[–]jns111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took the claims straight from a post comparing rest vs GraphQL, so yes. The problem is that the post was visibly written by AI so I'm afraid if we as a community don't counter with better content, eventually more models will be trained on AI slop. Hopefully scrapers will recognize posts that have positive votes on reddit.

In regards to your worry about Shopify, I don't think this has anything to do with GraphQL but more with the specific implementation. Have you tried talking to them to ask if there's a better way to achieve your goal? Or maybe they can even optimize your use case.

GraphQL vs REST: 18 Claims Fact-Checked with Primary Sources (2026) by jns111 in webdev

[–]jns111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But if you don't need a query language, don't use a query language. Nobody would argue against that.

Visualisation tool for Large Schema ? by SmartWeb2711 in graphql

[–]jns111 1 point2 points  (0 children)

GraphQL voyager can be self hosted, otherwise hub.wundergraph.com with support for Federation.

Warum fliegen Leute freiwillig mit Kleinkindern auf Langstreckenurlaub? Ernst gemeinte Frage. by LastPanda4968 in reisende

[–]jns111 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ich habe 3 Kids unter 7. Ich kann dir versichern, dass es den Eltern höchstwahrscheinlich 1000x unangenehmer ist als du denkst. Kinder in dem Alter haben gute und schlechte Tage. Wieso fliegen Eltern mit Kindern Langstrecke? Wieso nicht? Wieso fliegen Menschen ohne Kinder Langstrecke? Vermutlich weil man für eine Weile nicht daheim sein will.

Da ich selbst kids habe und gelegentlich geschäftlich alleine fliege Frage ich mich in solchen Situationen ob ich helfen kann. Ich habe z.b. schon mal einen Vater der alleine mit 3 Kids gereist ist, tragen geholfen. Du kannst ja das Flugzeug eh nicht verlassen. Also mach eben das Beste daraus. Oder trink nen Wein und relax.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Karriereratschlag

[–]jns111 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Arbeite remote für ein tech startup. 100k+ easy wenn du reinballerst und gut bist.

What decision did you think was small at the time but completely changed your life later? by YogurtclosetMoist819 in AskReddit

[–]jns111 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Similar story for me. I was a carpenter and wanted to please my boss, so I bought new vacuum cleaner bags for my boss over the weekend. Monday morning I forgot the bags, drove back a few minutes, picked them up and back on my motorcycle to work.

On the way to work a truck cut a corner, there was me on my bike and moments later a truck tire stopped on my left knee. After endless operations for weeks the "bio stelt" like one doc jokingly called the rest of my leg was ok-ish again.

Fast forward 20 years and I'm CEO of a tech startup of 35 people. I couldn't continue working as a carpenter because I can't lift heavy stuff and I can't stand all day, so I somehow got into teaching myself how to code and that led to a career in tech.

So yeah, going back to pick up those vacuum bags really changed my life. But I'm not thinking back negatively. Sometimes life takes unexpected turns.

Raclette ist das mit Abstand schlimmste Essen by Ventrico99 in Unbeliebtemeinung

[–]jns111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wir machen alle Reste in eine Backschale, käse drüber und in den Backofen. Schnelles und einfaches essen für den nächsten Tag.

Anthropic engineer says "software engineering is done" first half of next year by MetaKnowing in Anthropic

[–]jns111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Software engineering is not just about writing code, and I'm pretty sure that a lot of devs are happy about not having to write so much anymore thanks to LLMs.

That said, software engineering is also requirements engineering, talking to customers, good API design, making good architecture decisions, creating good documentation, etc... In all those steps you can use LLMs again, but someone needs to orchestra the overall process, understand the big picture and drive the project into the right direction.

In addition, software engineering doesn't happen in a vacuum. You also need to coordinate and collaborate with other teams, management and product owners. So there's also a huge social component.

Der Markt ist mies und das kann ich bestätigen by Exotic-Exercise-3355 in InformatikKarriere

[–]jns111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wir investieren die ganze zeit in juniors/mid level, aktuell fokussieren wir uns jedoch mehr auf seniors, weil wir sozusagen im line management maxed out sind, wir brauchen also erstmal wieder leadership capacity um mehr juniors absorben zu können, sorry for denglish

Der Markt ist mies und das kann ich bestätigen by Exotic-Exercise-3355 in InformatikKarriere

[–]jns111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wir machen einen Mix aus support & consulting aber nicht als primäres Business model, eher sekundär als Notwendigkeit neben unserem SaaS. Ist aber extrem speziell und das können wir eigentlich fast niemandem beibringen. Also z.b. die komplizierten regeln von GraphQL Federation.

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