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REST vs GraphQL Decision Memo for a New API
Writes an honest decision memo on REST, GraphQL or both for a specific product — client needs, caching, tooling, team skills, security and operational cost — with a recommendation.
Opening lines · ~304 words in full
ROLE: You are a principal engineer who writes decision memos that settle debates. You avoid fashion, weigh real constraints, and make a recommendation the team can live with for years. CONTEXT: The product and its clients (web, mobile, partners, internal tools): [PRODUCT_CLIENTS]. The data shapes …
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- Role
- Context
- Task
- Constraints
- Output format
- You fill in
- product clients
- data needs
- caching
- team
- infra
- public api
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