73: Mobile GraphQL at Meta in 2025

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.

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Links

• GraphQL: https://graphql.org/ 

• Relay: https://relay.dev/ 

• Sabrina at GraphQL Conf 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGBC-0E-kco 

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