Ask HN: How to find a GraphQL usability problem worth tackling (group project)?

4 points by skyraider 6 years ago | 1 comment

Hey HN,

For a 4 week dev tool/library project for the bootcamp my spouse is enrolled in, she is looking into using GraphQL as the main technology. Do you have any feedback/suggestions on technical issues or usability issues that you have encountered when developing applications using GraphQL? This project is for resume purposes, and will be put together by a team of 5.

They're capable of doing something useful and plan to release an open-source extension to a GraphQL client library, or a patch to an existing library. I have suggested GitHub issues, IRC and Reddit as a way to find good problems to work on, but they're often pretty specific and not of a 5-week scope.

Appreciate any thoughts on either ideas, or how to find projects of this scope.

z0mbie42 6 years ago |

My biggest problem using graphql is regarding N+1 queries[0] and the usability of data loading libraries like[1].

So any improved developer experience to solve the N+1 problem is welcome :)

[0] https://itnext.io/what-is-the-n-1-problem-in-graphql-dd4921c...

[1] https://github.com/graphql/dataloader