159: GraphQL with Tanmai Gopal
GraphQL is one of the biggest API enablers in software development, but just how complicated can things be? Tanmai Gopal – Hasura’s CEO extraordinaire – talks with Jason and Patrick about how the secret sauce gets made. They dive deeply from how APIs function to having them managed in practice – among several other topic, making this a must-listen episode. 00:01:19 Introductions00:01:48 Tanmai’s late start in programming00:05:48 Plinko00:13:06 Coursera00:23:28 The question of API development00:30:30 API layer functionality00:34:58 How Hasura leverages JSON00:39:08 GraphQL00:42:49 Worse than an API call00:49:15 The potential REST minefield00:53:41 JSON Web Tokens01:11:34 Scaling writes01:15:17 Careers with Hasura01:22:35 FarewellsResources mentioned in this episode:Join the Programming Throwdown Patreon community today: https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h Subscribe to the podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793Links: Tanmai Gopal: Website: https://hasura.io/blog/@tanmaig/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanmaig/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tanmaigo Github: https://github.com/coco98 Hasura: Website: https://hasura.io/ Careers: https://hasura.io/careers/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HasuraHQ Github: https://github.com/hasura Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hasura Others: Good Strategy, Bad Strategy (Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/Good-Strategy-Bad-Strategy-audiobook/dp/B07R6XQ8YP Modern Application Development (IIT Madras, archived): https://archive.nptel.ac.in/courses/106/106/106106156/If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/ Reach out to us via email: programmingthrowdown@gmail.com You can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM | Youtube Join the discussion on our DiscordHelp support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★