# Why, after 6 years, I’m over GraphQL

<https://bessey.dev/blog/2024/05/24/why-im-over-graphql/>

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## What Jamie wrote

GraphQL is an attractive technology but it has never really taken off the way I thought it might have. For some use cases I think it may still make sense, but it is no JSON replacement. Note complexity is showing up here as well.

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- [WT290: Weekly Thing 290 / Kino, Krebs, Kagi](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/290/), Notable

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