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tRPC and Next.js changed how people think about full-stack TypeScript.

Does that mean GraphQL is out? Not so fast.

Alec Aivazis demos Houdini and shows why GraphQL is still a strong choice for smaller, modern apps 👇
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The New King of Fullstack Typescript Applications - Alec Aivazis, HoudiniLabs
Over the past few years, GraphQL has fallen out of favor for developers looking to build full-stack typescript applications. With projects like TRPC and Next...
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December 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Wishing everyone a wonderful festive season and a great end to the year 🎄✨

Thanks for being part of the GraphQL community!
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Defer is great, but it still returns everything.
Meta built async for the cases where you only ever use a small slice of the data and you do not know which slice upfront.

Matt Mahoney explains how it works and why it matters 👇
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#graphql
@async: Defer Even More! - Matt Mahoney, Meta
@defer allows you to specify which parts of your operation are urgent, and which can be delayed. However, there is still a contract with @defer: all your dat...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Think your GraphQL API is secure?

Benjie breaks down common GraphQL security mistakes and shows how to fix them, with practical guidance you can actually use.

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Common GraphQL Security Mistakes and How to Fix Them - Benjie Gillam, Graphile
GraphQL poses unique challenges when it comes to security due to the nature of its powerful query language. In this talk we'll explore different types of Gra...
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December 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Blockchains are great at writing data, terrible at reading it.

In this talk, @saihaj from The Guild shows how The Graph unlocks fast, queryable blockchain data with GraphQL, making it much easier to build blockchain apps.

Watch here 👇
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Unlocking Blockchain Data with GraphQL
Saihajpreet Singh, Software Engineer from The Guild, shares how GraphQL and composite schemas are transforming blockchain data access and management. Saihaj ...
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December 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Tired of juggling types across your GraphQL backend and frontend?

Aexol shows how Axolotl, Zeus, and Vite work together to give you full-stack type safety and an awesome dev experience.

Check it out here 👇
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Full-Stack Type Safety with Axolotl, Zeus, and Vite
Full-Stack Type Safety with Axolotl, Zeus, and Vite by Artur Czemiel posted on Mon Dec 08 2025
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December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New to Spring for GraphQL?

This tutorial is one of the best ways to learn the basics and build your first app with it:

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#graphql #java
Learn Spring for GraphQL with Josh Long
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December 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Accessibility is usually an afterthought in software, added at the very end.
What if we made it part of the GraphQL schema from the get-go and treated it as a core part of the product?

Watch Vanessa Johnson from The New York Times explore this idea 👇
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What If GraphQL Knew Accessibility? - Vanessa Johnson, The New York Times
What if your GraphQL schema could do more than provide data? What if it could help your app be more accessible from the start? In this lightning talk, we'll ...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Ever had a sandwich vanish mid-bite?
Peanut farms. Null monsters under the bed.

This is somehow the best explanation of GraphQL nullability you will ever see.

Stephen Spalding from Netflix on how to fix GraphQL's null story 👇
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Fixing the Billion Dollar Mistake Client Controlled Nullability - Stephen Spalding, Netflix
Null has been famously called “the billion dollar mistake”. The Client Controlled Nullability proposal aims to empower client developers to tame nullability ...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
How do you take your GraphQL schema and make it ready for agents?
Erik and Thore walk through a practical blueprint with GraphQL and MCP that shows how to build scalable AI tooling:
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LLMs + GraphQL + MCP: A Blueprint for Scalable AI Tooling - Erik Wrede & Thore Koritzius
Curious how to connect LLMs to real production GraphQL APIs without brittle hacks or one off backends? In this talk, Erik Wrede and Thore Koritzius show how ...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GraphQL error handling driving you nuts?

@benjie.dev shows a cleaner path by explaining how nulls, errors and schema design should really work together.

Read it here: benjie.dev/graphql/errors

#GraphQL #APIs
Modelling Errors | benjie.dev
There's a lot of discussion about how to model errors in GraphQL, and a lot of
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December 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Ever wonder how GraphQL clients like Relay keep your app’s data perfectly in sync without extra network calls? 🤯

Meta’s Sabrina Wasserman breaks down the core engine behind modern GraphQL clients.

Watch here 👇
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Local Data Consistency With GraphQL - Sabrina Wasserman, Meta
Have you ever wondered how GraphQL clients like Relay keep local data consistent across surfaces, ensuring that changes made within a session are seamlessly ...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Federation accelerates delivery. Operating it safely at scale is the hard part.

Discover how the GraphOS Kubernetes Operator enables safe, Kubernetes-native GraphQL deployments

Checkout @jonathanrainer.bsky.social`s talk at GraphQL Day

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#GraphQL #Kubernetes #DevOps
GraphQL Day at apidays
Join GraphQL Day at CNIT La Defense, Paris on December 11, 2025. Learn from industry experts, participate in hands-on workshops, and connect with the GraphQL community.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
What if accessibility started at the API layer?

Discover how adding accessibility metadata to GraphQL schemas unlocks consistent, accessible experiences across all clients.

What If Your API Spoke Accessibility?

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#GraphQL #A11y #APIs @APIdaysGlobal
GraphQL Day at apidays
Join GraphQL Day at CNIT La Defense, Paris on December 11, 2025. Learn from industry experts, participate in hands-on workshops, and connect with the GraphQL community.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The GraphQL Day agenda is out 🎉

From AI to Federation, from execution to visualization, discuss all the #GraphQL things at @ApiDaysGlobal on Dec. 11

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GraphQL Day at apidays
Join GraphQL Day at CNIT La Defense, Paris on December 11, 2025. Learn from industry experts, participate in hands-on workshops, and connect with the GraphQL community.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
How can compiler techniques make GraphQL libraries simpler and faster?

In this new talk, @msol.io breaks down how an Intermediate Representation unlocks codegen, telemetry, and leaner payloads.

🎥 #AOT Techniques Help You Write #GraphQL Libraries

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Ahead-of-Time (AOT) Techniques Help You Write GraphQL Libraries - Mike Solomon
Production-ready GraphQL deployments typically require sophisticated clients, careful telemetry, and high performance. Software Engineer Mike Solomon shows h...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🔥 Modern enterprises don’t have to be disconnected islands.

See how agentic platforms turn silos into collaboration and intelligence at #GraphQL Day Paris www.graphql.day

Catch the talk: From Isolated Services to Agentic Platforms - @michael_staib & @pascal_senn

#AI
GraphQL Day at apidays
Join GraphQL Day at CNIT La Defense, Paris on December 11, 2025. Learn from industry experts, participate in hands-on workshops, and connect with the GraphQL community.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Curious how Meta approaches GraphQL in real production systems?

Check out this playlist with all their GraphQLConf talks from past years.
Full playlist:

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#graphql #react #relay
GraphQL at Meta
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November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Are two GraphQL queries actually the same, even if they look different?

@derek_kuc from @apollographql shows how to compare queries semantically and detect true equivalence.

Watch the talk 👇
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Efficient Semantic Comparison of GraphQL Queries - Derek Kuc, Apollo GraphQL
Ever wondered if two seemingly different GraphQL queries actually return the same data? Or how to ensure that complex queries—packed with type conditions and...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
IDs seem simple… until they aren’t.

At Meta, teams discovered their models had multiple, conflicting concepts of identity.

Matt Mahoney breaks down why IDs are trickier than you think and how to design them safely 👇
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#graphql #react #relay
Identity and GraphQL: More Than You Want to Think About IDs - Matt Mahoney, Meta
IDs are really important to get right, yet GraphQL the language doesn't discuss them at all, besides requiring every single implementation to have a special ...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🚨 GraphQL Day Paris Giveaway 🚨

In GraphQL, what's the difference between interfaces and unions?

Answer this question and we’ll raffle a free ticket among the best answers:

Go! 👇

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#GraphQL #GraphQLDatParis @APIdaysGlobal
GraphQL Day at apidays
Join GraphQL Day at CNIT La Defense, Paris on December 11, 2025. Learn from industry experts, participate in hands-on workshops, and connect with the GraphQL community.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Local reasoning. Zero over-fetching. Seamless pagination. Optimistic updates. Consistent UI. Tiny bundles.

Built in lock-step with #GraphQL; Meta's Jordan Eldredge shares The Big Ideas in #Relay to enhance user experience and developer velocity.

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The Big Ideas in Relay - Jordan Eldredge, Meta
Relay, Meta’s advanced GraphQL client for React, has many innovative capabilities not available in other clients. We will explore these capabilities, what th...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🌟 Shoutout to Dariusz Kuc for their work in the composite schema WG and steady support in the primary WG. Thank you for helping shape the future of GraphQL! 🚀 #GraphQLStar
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM