Engineering
The Lifecycle of a Federated GraphQL API, from Chaos to Coherence
The Lifecycle of a Federated GraphQL API, from Chaos to Coherence
Why GraphQL is eating the API world
Why GraphQL is eating the API world
Solving context explosion in GraphQL MCP servers
Expose complex GraphQL APIs without bloating the context with the full schema
Why self-host Grafbase? Benefits of deploying the Grafbase Enterprise Platform in your own environment
Explore the benefits of self-hosting Grafbase Enterprise Platform for data residency compliance, infrastructure control, security integration, and deployment flexibility. Learn when self-hosting makes sense for your organization versus using the managed service.
A complete GraphQL Federation stack: What you need (and what you don't)
Learn what components are essential for a production-ready GraphQL Federation stack and how Grafbase simplifies federation with virtual subgraphs, removing the need for dedicated GraphQL services while maintaining all the benefits.
What is GraphQL Federation? A practical guide for modern APIs
GraphQL Federation enables you to build modular, scalable APIs by composing multiple GraphQL services into a single endpoint. Learn how it works and how Grafbase makes federation simple.
Security considerations in GraphQL Federation
Learn how to secure GraphQL Federation architectures with best practices for authentication, authorization, schema design, and query protection. Discover how Grafbase simplifies federation security.
Customize your GraphQL Federation authentication and authorization with Grafbase Extensions
Learn how to setup and configure custom authentication and/or authorization with extensions to integrate with any authentication provider, configure field-level authorization and more in GraphQL Federation.
Enhance Your GraphQL Federation API with NATS Subscriptions using Grafbase
Learn how to publish and subscribe to NATS subjects directly from your federated GraphQL API with Grafbase's NATS extension. Enhance your GraphQL Federation capabilities with seamless integration and powerful features.
Federating AWS AppSync GraphQL APIs
Use AWS AppSync subgraphs in your federated graph and join data from other services.
Introducing Grafbase Gateway WebAssembly Hooks
How to customize the behavior of your GraphQL federation gateway
Benchmarking Grafbase vs Apollo vs Cosmo vs Mesh
Benchmarking GraphQL Federation gateways