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Why GraphQL API is the perfect data layer for your backend

What's this blog post about?

The popularity of GraphQL API is growing rapidly, with many Fortune 500 companies using it for their backends. One unified endpoint for your backend, improved application performance, enhanced system reliability, and better developer experience are some key advantages of adopting GraphQL API. It simplifies data access, supercharges the product development process, improves app performance by reducing JSON payload size and network overhead from multiple API calls, and ensures API consistency, reliability, and security. Companies like Netflix and Pulley have reported faster page load times and overall app performance after switching to GraphQL APIs.

Company
Hasura

Date published
Nov. 25, 2021

Author(s)
Hasura

Word count
1203

Hacker News points
None found.

Language
English


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