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Meta Tech Podcast

73: Mobile GraphQL at Meta in 2025

Mar 28, 2025
42:43

Join Pascal and Sabrina on the latest Meta Tech Podcast episode as they discuss the evolution and future of GraphQL. From client-side consistency to innovative APIs, learn how GraphQL is making developers' lives easier and enhancing user experiences. Discover surprising insights into the challenges of building a mobile GraphQL platform and how it's transforming product development at Meta.

 Got feedback? Send it to us on Threads (https://threads.net/@metatechpod), Instagram (https://instagram.com/metatechpod) and don’t forget to follow our host Pascal (https://mastodon.social/@passy, https://threads.net/@passy_). Fancy working with us? Check out https://www.metacareers.com/.

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Timestamps

  • Intro 0:06

  • Introduction Sabrina 1:42

  • Sabrina's team 2:47

  • What's GraphQL? 3:18

  • Relay and Mobile GraphQL Clients 4:01

  • GraphQL Consistency Engine 4:54

  • Pando Mobile GraphQL Client 7:16

  • Interfacing with Pando 8:03

  • Code generation 9:14

  • Inventing new features 10:43

  • The hidden complexity behind pagination 11:52

  • Working inside the GraphQL spec 16:00

  • Complexity tradeoffs 18:30

  • State of GraphQL at Meta 21:16

  • Measuring success 24:58

  • Optimistic Mutations 27:31

  • Collaboration model 31:42

  • Preventing early adoption 34:43

  • The challenge of migrating FBApp 37:10

  • What's next for mobile GraphQL? 40:22

  • Outro 41:54

 

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