Day Two Cloud 121: Building Cool Things With GraphQL And AWS AppSync

Today’s Day Two Cloud is a nerdy show on GraphQL and AWS AppSync and what you can do with these tools. Our guest is Amrut Patil, a senior software engineer using these tools. Please note that Amrut’s opinions are his own and do not reflect those of his employer. We discuss: * Amrut’s study tips for AWS certifications * GraphQL’s origins and use cases * Problems that GraphQL can solve * Potential downsides * How AppSync supports GraphQL * AppSync authorization mechanisms * More Sponsor: Aviatrix Check out Aviatrix’s Flight Training to learn about multi-cloud networking and security. It’s worth your time if you’re defining your company’s multi-cloud strategy or want to nail down your Aviatrix Certified Engineer certification. Get details and register at aviatrix.com/flight-training. Show Links: Amrutpatil.medium.com – Amrut’s blog @amrutdecoder – Amrut on Twitter Amrut on LinkedIn Udemy author Stephane Maarek Transcript: [00:00:00.190] – Ethan [AD] Check out sponsor Aviatrix’s Flight Training to learn about multicloud networking and security from the Aviatrix perspective, Aviatrix dot com slash flight-training. Worth your time if you’re defining your company’s multicloud strategy or want to nail down your Aviatrix certified engineer cert. Aviatrix dot com slash flight-training. [/AD] [00:00:26.390] – Ethan Welcome to Day Two Cloud. We got a nerd show for you today, folks. We are going deep on GraphQL and then AWS app sync with our guest, Amrut Patel. He is a senior software engineer who’s been using these services. And what is GraphQL? Well, Ned, can you even summarize what it is just based on this show? [00:00:47.810] – Ned It’d be difficult to put into just one sentence, which is why we nerd it out about it for 45 minutes and really dug into some interesting implementation details. And you even had your own unique use case for it. So I was just enthralled by the conversation. And really, I actually think I learned a lot. [00:01:07.010] – Ethan I did enjoy this conversation with Amrut Patel because he’s from the developer side of the house. You Ops, folks. [00:01:15.530] – Ethan Amrut, welcome to the show, man. It is nice to see you here smiling on our Zoom session here this morning. But the folks in the Day Two Cloud audience do not know you. So give them a clue, man, who are you and what do you do? [00:01:29.510] – Amrut Yeah. So I’m a senior software engineer for Clinical Trials organization. Basically, I develop data applications for clinical trials management. [00:01:41.570] – Amrut And. I completed my Masters in computer science, and I worked at Xerox for a couple of years, and then I moved on to health care is more interesting. So let’s get into that and start developing some applications right there. [00:02:01.670] – Ethan Ned, Amrut is a developer. He’s from the other side, one of the operations. [00:02:06.470] – Ned How did you sneak on to the show? [00:02:12.450] – Amrut I guess the topic is interested, you guys. That’s why I’m here. So we’ll see. Yeah. [00:02:17.370] – Ned Well,