The initial game plan
Our approach to building a production GraphQL-to-REST gateway: reduce risk early, iterate fast, and set up for cheap course corrections.
Recent Posts
Choosing the right technology for XING One
How we evaluated Ruby, JavaScript, Elixir, and Scala for our GraphQL gateway using premortems and throwaway prototypes.
Kickstarting the XING One project
How we set up our GraphQL initiative for success through stakeholder alignment, mission clarity, and finding the right lighthouse project.
What Made Us Interested In Graphql
The evolution of API challenges at XING from 2012 to 2016 that led us to adopt GraphQL as the foundation for a new platform.
Per Aspera Ad Astra
How a small team of four introduced GraphQL at XING, building a GraphQL-to-REST proxy that over 45 engineers contributed to.