# GraphQL: the REST is history? - Stav Barak - Medium

<https://medium.com/@stavbarak/graphql-the-rest-is-history-464d0ce3d704>

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## What Jamie wrote

Basic intro to GraphQL. Technologists get so hung up in the X vs Y debate. GraphQL fundamentally solves a different problem than REST. I think it’s clear there is room for both, and there are very hard problems in REST that GraphQL makes very easy. The non-deterministic performance of GraphQL also deserves to be highlighted over and over. You need to be cautious about how queries are constructed.

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