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The simplicity of RPC with the power of GraphQL

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WunderGraph

Roasted

Half or more of the comments are critical

2 positive, 2 neutral or mixed, 5 critical. Score -0.19

LikedTagline is catchy and well chosen

ObjectedLanding page and docs are buzzwordy and unclear about what the product does

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Shown by jensneuse on Jan 12, 2023. Click the card to turn it over.

32points

14comments

#1,356of 3,109 in 2023

Top 44%of 2023 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.19.

Idea: 1 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against

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Landing page and docs are buzzwordy and unclear about what the product does
From 3 comments
- The tagline got me. I went to the website. The landing page told me little beyond what's already known about GraphQL. I went to the documentation. Clicked through a few overview…
  ctvo on HN
- Sometimes I imagine what it would look like if an old-school piece of technology like Sqlite had a buzzy marketing homepage. "The power of SQL meets the simplicity of a file. In…
  dgreensp on HN
- I’m glad, actually! I had some more direct feedback that I didn’t submit. It wasn’t clear at first, for example, if it uses GraphQL or offers an alternative that is as powerful…
  dgreensp on HN
Seems more complex than needed for most projects
From 1 comment
- Who is this for, what's a typical expected use case? Is it for organizations with dozens of micro services, databases and authentication/authorization providers that want to…
  dns_snek on HN
Too similar to Apollo; crowded market
From 1 comment
- Sometimes I imagine what it would look like if an old-school piece of technology like Sqlite had a buzzy marketing homepage. "The power of SQL meets the simplicity of a file. In…
  dgreensp on HN
Code generation for RPC is a poor fit; prefers REST
From 1 comment
- Damm... We went full circle now. From (SOAP)RPC to REST to GraphQL back to RPC :D . Code generation for RPC brings so many bad memories back. Personally, I will be sticking to…
  tasubotadas on HN

Clearer landing page explaining novelty, differentiators and target users
From 2 comments
- Sometimes I imagine what it would look like if an old-school piece of technology like Sqlite had a buzzy marketing homepage. "The power of SQL meets the simplicity of a file. In…
  dgreensp on HN
- The tagline got me. I went to the website. The landing page told me little beyond what's already known about GraphQL. I went to the documentation. Clicked through a few overview…
  ctvo on HN
Better documentation
From 1 comment
- Thanks for the feedback. You've definitely got a point that we need to improve other parts of the website, and the docs definitely need an overhaul as well.
  jensneuse on HN
Open source landing page code
From 1 comment
- Pretty "typical" of what I expect of a saas marketing page, but that is to say very good. I don't have the source code, but I can trust you are treating the code great. Would…
  SoftwareDev5 on HN

Who is this for and what is a typical use case
From 1 comment
- Who is this for, what's a typical expected use case? Is it for organizations with dozens of micro services, databases and authentication/authorization providers that want to…
  dns_snek on HN
Why the examples folder is a hidden dot-folder
From 1 comment
- Why is the source code in the examples under a dot-folder? These are hidden by default, not sure why that was chosen.…
  adamredwoods on HN