The hype train strikes yet again! In fellow consultancy circles, we were giving talks on exactly this back in '17 and '18, but the hype train was too strong then. It was even harder to convince this same crowd that SPAs are usually a bad idea, and emerging technology like Hotwire or LiveView would soon eclipse the SPA-obsessed culture. GraphQL is immensely powerful and useful for its exact use case, and extremely burdensome and expensive for any other use case. If you dont already know that use case, YAGNI. The same can be said for any hype train. The problem with any kind of hype train in tech is everyone looks for reasons to use whatever the new hyped thing is, rarely does anyone determine if the new hyped thing actually fits their use case(s). This will continue so long as there is a dichotomy of culture between youths and those with lengthy experience. We old people will continue to point out exactly why this or that is pure hype, and will continue to be drowned out by the emotions that come along with participating in hype.
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