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  1. ActiveRecord query log tags for GraphQL

    ActiveRecord query log tags is my pick for most underrated Rails config option that isn’t enabled by default. Here’s how to extend it beyond the default options, with a specific example of GraphQL.

    Fritz Meissner
    March 18, 2025
    • Active Record
    • Rails
    • GraphQL
  2. How to stop using your GraphQL API as a REST API

    It’s so easy to get lost in the flexibility of GraphQL that we can miss out on some of its benefits.

    Amanda Beiner
    January 6, 2021
    • GraphQL
    • REST
    • React
    • Elm
  3. Querying with GraphQL optional arguments in Elm

    How do optional arguments translate to a language with no such concept?

    Amanda Beiner
    May 15, 2020
    • Elm
    • GraphQL
  4. TDDing in React with Apollo and TypeScript

    Pointers for doing TDD with React using Apollo and TypeScript.

    Alejandro Dustet
    June 25, 2019
    • Testing
    • TDD
    • TypeScript
    • JavaScript
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    • Apollo
    • React
    • Web
  5. There and Back Again, A GraphQL Lifecycle Tale

    Take a quick journey through the lifecycle of a GraphQL request from client to server and back again.

    Annie Lydens and Thomas Paresi
    June 24, 2019
    • Web
    • GraphQL
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