Show HN: GraphQL Centaur – GraphQL Generation tool for MongoDB Stucco

https://github.com/graphql-editor/graphql-centaur

by aexol • 6 years ago

28 11 6 years ago

Does GraphQL really make sense with MongoDB?

I love MongoDB but GraphQL is being used in many cases where it adds zero value, only another layer of complexity and abstraction.

philliphaydon2• 6 years ago

I feel like it’s the new cool fad that everyone is trying to retrofit into their api for 0 benefits.

contravariant• 6 years ago

Having more implementations of GraphQL APIs for various backends is tremendously useful for data integration using schema stitching / federation / remote schemas. And even without that it provides a uniform way to address many types of data stores.

Also the term 'retrofit' is a bit odd for an API, as there is no canonical backend, so there are only retrofits in that sense.

Kaze404• 6 years ago

Side note, why do you love MongoDB? I've never had a situation where I believed it would fit my current problem better, so I really don't know why people use it.

G4BB3R• 6 years ago

I think productivity is much higher at least with NodeJS, but for large projects I would do in Postgre/MySQL.

aexol3• 6 years ago

Hi, thank you for your response! I am not closed to MongoDB of course. This is just the beginning. I will integrate PostgreSQL and Dgraph for sure. I am more interested if you ever worked with Terminal languages/CLI/generators and what is your experience.

aexol3• 6 years ago

https://github.com/graphql-editor/graphql-centaur/issues/14

aexol3• 6 years ago

And stucco( core ) is compatible with any kind of database

Doxin• 6 years ago

It makes sense if you plan on doing schema stitching and the like. You can combine multiple graphql schemas into a single big schema reasonably easily, and it might make sense doing so if you have multiple datastore-type backends and you just want your internal code to talk to a single endpoint.

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