Hype cycle, bad takes, API design, GraphQL + AI, and marketing

Gartner's 2026 Hype Cycle analysis places GraphQL in the 'trough of disillusionment' but predicts it will quickly advance to the 'plateau of productivity' due to its role in agentic workflows and widespread enterprise adoption. The GraphQL AI Working Group has been active, and Michelle Greer, a noted engineer, discusses GraphQL, AI, and developer messaging in a recent interview.

Schema workshop: the doctor is in GraphQL: "trough of disillusionment?" The big news is around Gartner's 2026 Hype Cycle analysis, which places GraphQL in a bad spot right now but paints a very rosy picture about it advancing quickly to the "plateau of productivity" given its promise in agentic workflows and widespread enterprise adoption. Bad GraphQL takes Is GraphQL bad for service-to-service calling? No, but some people on the internet might disagree. Listen to what I have to say on this topic. Schema workshop: the doctor is in Designing API schemas is hard work. This series is all about practical API design using GraphQL. The latest installment uses a patient-provider scheduling service as its premise. GraphQL AI Working Group This crew has been on fire lately. See what the GraphQL AI Working Group has been up to: Michelle Greer, part 2 Michelle has such a wealth of experience and insight into what engineers really want from their software and communities. Listen to her hold court about GraphQL, AI, and how this all ties together in developer messaging: