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The Maximal Graph - Wilker Silva

ClojureTV · talk · Watch on YouTube

Functional programmingSoftware architecture & designDatabases & storage

What it is

A Clojure/conj 2019 talk by Wilker Silva on how namespace-qualified keywords and context-free federated names can be used pragmatically for data modeling, drawn from his experience at Nubank. It builds toward a graph-based view of connecting data from many sources.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as a demonstration of the Pathom/graph approach to connecting APIs, as an alternative to GraphQL.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “Just watch the last part of Wilker Silva's The Maximal Graph talk to see the potential”

    Shows Pathom's potential as a GraphQL alternative.

    ptttr, 2019-12 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Why GraphQL APIs but no Datalog APIs?”

  2. “Last 5 minutes of this video”

    Last five minutes show connecting APIs from different sources.

    edjroot, 2020-11 · Recommendation · in “Programs are a prison: Rethinking the building blocks of computing interfaces”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: clojure, pathom, namespaced keywords, graph apis, nubank

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