REST vs GraphQL in Practice
The Real Trade-offs After building APIs with both REST and GraphQL, I've learned that the choice isn't about which is "better" but about what your c…
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API Protocols Unpacked: A Decision Matrix for REST, GraphQL, & gRPC in High-Throughput Systems
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Count the Resolver, Not the Query, to Catch a GraphQL N+1
You will catch a GraphQL N+1 much earlier by counting how many times your batch loader is called against a temporary mock server than by measuring r…
REST vs GraphQL in Practice
The Practical Differences When I started building APIs, REST was the default. Then GraphQL came along and promised to fix everything. After using bo…
Understanding the N+1 Problem in GraphQL (and Why It’s Not Just GraphQL)
TL;DR The N+1 problem is a general data-access anti-pattern that can appear in REST, resolver-based GraphQL, and federated GraphQL at different laye…
5 Free Browser-Based Dev Tools: GraphQL Formatter, Docker Compose Validator, Dockerfile Linter, and More
I just shipped 5 new tools to DevNestio — a hub of 172 free, browser-only developer utilities. All tools are zero-signup, zero-upload, and work offl…
HTTP finally has a proper way to send a query: meet the QUERY method
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How I Stopped Shopify's GraphQL API From Throttling My App (Parallel Query Patterns That Actually Work)
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How Should an API Client Look in 2026? A Comparison of the Field
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How Shopify's GraphQL Rate Limits Actually Work (and How to Stop Getting 429'd)
Originally published on the Kolachi Tech blog . Canonical link points back to the original. If you treat Shopify's GraphQL Admin API like a REST end…
REST vs GraphQL: When to Use Which
When designing a web application, one of the most critical decisions developers face is choosing the right API architecture. With the rise of REST (…
GitHub GraphQL drops Team.viewerSubscription + 17 audit-log entries on July 1 — and partial errors are the silent surface
If you use the GitHub GraphQL API for team notification dashboards, audit-log exports, or any kind of organization compliance reporting, you have ni…
How I Cut Our Shopify API Usage in Half (Without Losing Features)
If you build on Shopify long enough, you hit the wall. Throttled requests. Stalled inventory syncs. Webhook backlogs piling up during a flash sale.…
What you actually need to ship an AI agent
Everyone's building agents. Half of them are running. The other half have "active plans." I've been in both camps. The difference isn't the model. M…
(Alert!)5 Things Even AI Can't Do, GraphQL
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Rate Limiting in NestJS with GraphQL
Rate limiting is a critical security mechanism that protects your APIs from brute-force attacks, DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attempts, and…
Building a Metadata-Driven Runtime API Platform for Analytics Systems
Building a Metadata-Driven Runtime API Platform for Analytics Systems 1. Business Problem When I joined this project as a consultant, I almost said…
GraphQL with Spring Boot: A Hands-On Tutorial for REST Developers
Published 2026-05-28 by Shubham Bhati — Backend Engineer (Java 17, Spring Boot, Microservices). As backend engineers, we've all been there - stuck w…
I instrumented 95 DataLoaders in a production GraphQL API — here's what I found
DataLoader is the standard fix for GraphQL's N+1 query problem. Batch your database calls per request, cache within the request lifecycle, done. But…
GraphQL Authorization Bypass: A Real CVE Code Review
Real-World GraphQL Authorization Bypass CVE Example Code Review A tenant isolation bug in a GraphQL API differs from a REST IDOR in one uncomfortabl…
Why GraphQL Endpoints Break Assumptions That REST Security Testing Depends On
TL;DR: REST security testing is built around a set of structural assumptions: fixed endpoints, predictable HTTP methods, consistent response shapes.…
Why the performance of GraphQL and React Server Components: What Matters
In 2024, 68% of React teams adopting Server Components report 40%+ latency reductions, but 72% of GraphQL APIs still serve 3x more data than clients…