Facebook’s GraphQL gets its own open-source foundation
I did a huge heads down on GraphQL vs AppSync vs Firebase for an app I'm building around document collaboration, annotation and sync for people working with PDFs and web content (https://getpolarized.io/) - it's kind of like an offline web browser.... anyway.GraphQL is super awesome at what it does but it's definitely not designed for rapid prototyping applications.The thing about GraphQL is that it's middleware. It's designed to act as really nice glue between multiple backends.It solves a lot of nice problems like over-fetching too much data, calling too many APIs, etc.The problem is that you really don't need these to get an app shipped immediately.The REAL sweet spot for GraphQL is for a company like Netflix or Facebook where you have 1500 APIs and tons of problems with data over-fetch and you have the time to sit down and do things right.I think I'm going to end up going with Firebase just because you can bang something out FAST and get it shipped.It's not going to be perfect but you can ship an MVP and start making revenue and/or grow your user base while you figure things out.