GraphQL NYC Monthly

Hey GraphQL Family!

GraphQL NYC is finally back and happening on May 8th @

Anheuser-Busch
125 W 24th St · New York, ny

We are currently putting together an awesome line up of speakers and are now accepting CFP's for anyone who wants to present!

It doesn't matter if you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced level developer as we are looking to get some fresh new faces up there to speak about a wide range of topics relating to GraphQL! Bottom line, if you have something to say, we want to hear it!

We are currently have slots open for:
Lightening talks : 10 minutes
Thunder talks: 20-25 minutes

If you are interested in talking, send us a message with a brief CFP to: graphqlnyc18@gmail.com
In the subject line type the tag "CFP". Also include in your message if you are interested in a lightening talk, thunder talk, or both!

Come Hear These Amazing Speakers!

Erin Fox {Junior Engineer} = Major League Soccer
Yes, GraphQL is yet another JavaScript library, but what's exactly is it? How does it work and is it really better than REST? Not only does it make collecting data from different databases really fast, it executes queries by using a type system defined by your data. This lightning talk will be a gentle introduction of GraphQL basics and will leave you wondering if REST should be put to rest.
https://twitter.com/erinfoox
https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinkfox/

Roberto Pedroso {Lead Engineer} = JOOR
Roberto Pedroso, a Lead Engineer at JOOR, has been building high-performance public APIs for 5 years. He has worked in industries ranging from e-commerce to commercial security.

Permissions are easy in REST APIs because clients typically have only one way to request a resource. The same resource hierarchies modeled in GraphQL, however, tend to enable traversal through multiple paths. This makes permissions challenging to implement, and can potentially lead to performance problems.

In this lightning talk, he will share lessons JOOR learned about permissioning GraphQL schemas while building out its new API. He will help you build a robust permissions layer that can scale without slowing down your most deeply nested queries.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertonpedroso/

Jake Dawkins {Apollo Architect} = Apollo
Jake is an Apollo Architect, focusing on making the GraphQL ecosystem easier to use at any scale. In this talk, Jake will be discussing the future of Apollo Server and how to push it to the edge.
https://twitter.com/jakedawkins
https://linkedin.com/in/jakedawkins

Orta Therox {Engineer} = Artsy
Orta is an engineer at Artsy, where they’ve been using GraphQL since 2015! He will basically be talking about...whatever he damn well chooses!
https://twitter.com/orta
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ortatherox/