2: REST vs GraphQL with Ben Wilson
Thinking Elixir Podcast
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Is GraphQL the Entry Point for Changes?
GraphQL mutations are not built around creating a shipment or whatever. It's just, it's almost like a function. You get a, you pick whatever you want, provision shipment happens to return a shipment but it takes whatever you want and it can fit that workflow. But the downside is it's kind of just a flat namespace of all the changes you can make to your system. And that does make especially on the, when you're trying to get people to do stuff,. If you're doing user management, go look at these mutations. if you're doing shipments, look at these mutation because otherwise you have like 100 plus mutations and people are like, where do I even begin?
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