RRU 023: High-Performance GraphQL on Postgres with Hasura Tanmai Gopal

Panel: Nader DabitSia Karamalegos Special Guests: Tanmai Gopal In this episode, the React Round Up panelists talk to Tanmai Gopal. Tanmai is the founder at Hasura, where they have been building a GraphQL tooling that helps accelerate being able to use GraphQL for app developers. They talk about what Hasura is and what inspired him to build it, what Haskell does to Postgres, and query variables in GraphQL. They also touch on the importance of being aware of the database, how authorization works, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Tanmai introFounder of HasuraHas been building applications for about a decadeFocus on functional programmingHow did you get into React?Using Redux and GaphQLHow long has Hasura been around?What inspired you to build Hasura?Eliminating the middle layerThe elevator pitch of HasuraDo you offer a database as a service?Slightly different than writing your own resolversWhat Haskell does to PostgresQuery variables in GraphQLPrepared statements in PostgresMaking queries from apsGraphQL ORM for appsBeing aware of the databaseHow does authorization work?PostGraphile, Prisma, and HasuraHow do PostGraphile and Prisma compare to Hasura?And much, much more! Links: HasuraReactReduxGaphQLHaskellPostgresPostGraphilePrisma@tanmaigoTanmai’s BlogTanmai’s GitHub@HasuraHQ Sponsors Kendo UIDigital Ocean