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Re:Serverless: slower and more expensive by dalanmiller on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @01:34AM (#21056864)
> 4. Use GraphQL to pool API requests from the front end.

What does this look like in practice? Doesn't this increase response time for the initial requester?

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Re:Serverless: slower and more expensive by abiro on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @02:27AM (#21057123)
These are usually the read N items from a database type of queries that GraphQL makes trivial to batch together. Will barely increase response time, but will provide a better experience for users on bad connections.
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