GraphQL and Graph Data: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

GraphQL and graph databases, though often considered unrelated, have a complex relationship that is worth exploring. Graph databases are efficient in storing and retrieving data with relationships, while GraphQL helps app developers move faster by minimizing network hops to clients and collecting related information in one query. Both technologies carry the concept of a graph, but in different ways: GraphQL has it in metadata and schema structure, while graph databases have it in the actual data. These two can be used together or separately, depending on the specific needs of an application.