[hansonkd13]

? With Graphql and Phoenix you use a RDBMS to provide data for the queries you write. Its not a replacement.

Its also not even much a paradigm shift in my experience. Queries are simply analogs to GETs and Mutations are analogs to POSTS. Thats about all you need to know to get started. To convert a REST app to a GraphQL app is ridiculously straight forward. What it does much better than REST is nested lookups, being typed, and being able to request more than one piece of data at a time.