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GraphQL vs REST: My Verdict After 3 Projects

Went all-in on GraphQL and crawled back to REST. Then REST felt limiting and I went back to GraphQL. Three projects compared.

Had to change a DB schema without taking the service down. The plan was perfect. Reality was not.

Building realtime notifications, I went down the WebSocket rabbit hole before realizing SSE was the answer all along.

I chased 100% coverage and wasted weeks. Turns out there's an actual testing strategy.

An honest review after running a Turborepo monorepo for 6 months. Builds got faster, but other things got slower.