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…query language[4]. [1]: https://reactjs.org/blog/2020/12/21/data-fetching-with-react... [2]: https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api/issues/59 [3]: https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api/issues/61 [4]:…

comment by brillout · 2020-12-23 · in Show HN: Wildcard API – Data Loading Like React Server Components, Today

…one client consuming the API this can get tricky though and then API versioning is necessary. [1]: https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api

comment by brillout · 2020-04-18 · in SQL is a better API language than GraphQL – Convince me otherwise

You can also use RPC to securely expose SQL queries. This is for example what Wildcard API ( https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api ) does: endpoints.deletePost = async function(postId){ // Only admins are allowed to remove a post if(…

comment by brillout · 2020-04-18 · in SQL is a better API language than GraphQL – Convince me otherwise

Curious, what do you think of RPC instead of GraphQL? E.g. https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api for JavaScript. The neat thing about RPC is that you can tap into the full power of PostgreSQL "directly" from the frontend.

comment by brillout · 2020-02-28 · in Hasura raises $9.9M to simplify GraphQL

…of e.g. admin UI/backend from end-user UI/backend. I'm the author of a Node.js RPC implementation ( https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api ) and the idea is the exact opposite of what you are prescribing: highly coupled frontend…

comment by brillout · 2020-02-28 · in Hasura raises $9.9M to simplify GraphQL

Curious to know what you think of the React + RPC (e.g. https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api ) + PostgreSQL stack in comparison to React + Relay + GraphQL + PostgreSQL? RPC tightly couples frontend and backend. Decoupling is usually…

comment by brillout · 2020-02-28 · in Hasura raises $9.9M to simplify GraphQL

…programmatically on a case-by-case basis. This is much simpler than Hasura! For Node.js there is https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api . For other backends you can implement JSON endpoints ( https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api/blo…

comment by brillout · 2020-02-28 · in Hasura raises $9.9M to simplify GraphQL

…For a Node.js backend and a browser frontend, what exactly is the problem with Wildcard API? ( https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api ). As long as you don't have third-parties consuming your API, I'd say that Wildcard is superior to…

comment by brillout · 2020-01-07 · in REST or GraphQL? A Simple Answer

…and call functions as if they were local. I control both client and server. For Node.js there is https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api

comment by palberg7 · 2019-12-25 · in Ask HN: Other than REST and GraphQL, what do you guys use?

…there is Wildcard API[1] which I discovered yesterday. It's even simpler than express routes. [1]: https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api

comment by palberg7 · 2019-12-25 · in Ask HN: Other than REST and GraphQL, what do you guys use?

…became popular because it got lot's of exposure since all third-party APIs were using REST. [1]: https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api

comment by brillout · 2019-11-29 · in Do we need a web API?

…you are building. I'm the author. I'm glad to see that RPC is getting more and more traction. [1] https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api

comment by brillout · 2019-11-29 · in Do we need a web API?

Why GraphQL? Why not simply RPC? E.g. for JS there is https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api . Is there something like that in Scala?

comment by brillout · 2019-11-27 · in Scala.js 1.0.0-RC1

…API in they entire career. Only few companies need to expose their data to third parties. [1]: https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api [2]: https://grpc.io/

comment by brillout · 2019-11-22 · in Developer Roadmaps

There is also Wildcard API [1] for Node.js [1]: https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api

comment by brillout · 2019-11-22 · in Developer Roadmaps

…be so so much simpler... (GraphQL is great for third parties but sh*t for internal stuff.) [1]: https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api , a RPC library for Node.js server <-> Browser.

comment by brillout · 2019-09-23 · in Serverless: slower and more expensive

…to create an API consumed by third parties. Wildcard's readme elaborates more on RPC vs REST: https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api (Wildcard is RPC implementation for Node.js and the browser.)

comment by brillout · 2019-09-17 · in Ask HN: Do You Prefer REST or RPC Style APIs?

Or Widcard API ( https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api ) for Node.js <-> Browser (Disclosure: I'm Wildcard's author.)

comment by brillout · 2019-09-11 · in Common REST API mistakes and how to avoid them

…instead I would use CSS flexbox. As for API between your frontend and backend you can use https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api . It's another thing I built and it's much much easier than GraphQL and REST. Which is neat to get up and…

comment by brillout · 2019-08-10 · in Ask HN: Modern day web development for someone who last did it 15 years ago

…Instead, use Redux only after you know exactly why you need Redux. - Use a RPC-like API (e.g. https://github.com/reframejs/wildcard-api ) and only use REST/GraphQL if you need to expose your data to third parties. - Use server-side…

comment by brillout · 2019-08-09 · in Why is modern web development so complicated?