The Future of APIs: From Microservices to Supergraphs
summary
Claims that Hasura implements a connector-first approach and a data loader pattern to build a supergraph that composes multiple backends into one API. The demo connects three Postgres sources (users, KYC, loyalty), accepts a JWT, pushes authorization as SQL via predicate pushdown, compiles distributed query plans, and returns user profile + KYC + points in one request. The system generates WHERE clauses from token attributes, eliminates N+1 queries, and the live demo shows the composed query succeeds.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Supergraphs and microservice challenges
- 1:47API architectures evolution
- 3:54Microservices to data products
- 7:28What is a supergraph
- 8:53Supergraph architecture
- 11:43Composability in supergraphs
- 12:04Hur’s supergraph demo
- 15:54Live composable queries
- 19:05Q&A
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