Today I released DataLoader v2.0.0, almost two years since the last release, more than four years since its initial release, and nearly ten years since the original internal implementation at Facebook. With it come much improved TypeScript and Flow type definitions, some significant improvements to the scheduling behavior that result…

In the spring of 2012, as part of an effort to build Facebook’s next generation iOS app, Nick Schrock, Dan Schafer and myself set out to build an API for News Feed and arrived at the first version of GraphQL. …

A little over month ago I left Facebook after working there for nearly 10 years. I’m excited to share that I’m joining Robinhood to help lead web engineering. …

Last week I asked for opinions about developing on a 12" Macbook, and after getting pretty overwhelmingly positive feedback decided to give it a go. I’ll admit that I was nervous that the underpowered processor would grind my typical workflows to a halt. …

Since it’s open sourcing almost three years ago, GraphQL.js has followed a “pre-major” version scheme. The most recent release was v0.13.2. The next release will move to a proper semver major version as v14.0.0. I need your help to prepare. What happened to v1.0.0? Versions serve two purposes: a way people can talk about…

Today we’re relicensing the GraphQL specification under the Open Web Foundation Agreement (OWFa) v1.0. We think the OWFa is a great fit for GraphQL because it’s designed for collaborative open standards and supported by other well-known companies. The OWFa allows GraphQL to be implemented under a royalty-free basis, and allows…

A few days ago I got to share GraphQL at the React-Europe conference, a project I’ve been working on for over three years at Facebook. After this talk, multiple attendees of the conference asked me how Facebook is able to consistently produce new technology that “rethinks current best practices” which…