Consolidated data access in Hasura DDN with data connectors

In this blog post, the author discusses the launch of Hasura v3 in beta and its focus on consolidating data access through data connectors. The development history of Hasura is outlined, from its initial focus on PostgreSQL to the introduction of GraphQL Data Connectors (GDC) in v2 for various new data sources. The author then introduces Native Data Connectors (NDC), which are not tied to Hasura and can be used with other clients or transport mechanisms. NDC is designed to expose the native capabilities of target data sources, pushing down execution as much as possible and imposing minimal structure from the protocol itself. The benefits of NDC include progressive enhancement, support for non-cloud-native data sources, resource allocation and execution mobility, independent configuration, language independence for developers, improved build times, separation of concerns, packaging of database drivers, and adapter connectors. The author also mentions plans to build more connectors, improve development tooling, research new capabilities, and create better learning resources for connector authors.