GraphQL Codegen, stateless MCP, prompt-as-policy, persisted queries
Week of 2026-08-03 roundup
hat a fun week! From AI to GraphQL to information security, there's something for everyone in my feed!
Eddy Nguyen on GraphQL Codegen, open source, and AI
I really loved this conversation with Eddy, who maintains one of the tentpole projects of the GraphQL ecosystem. Enjoy!
Stateless MCP = money in the bank
Stateless generally means cheaper, and the Model Context Protocol is no exception. In this video, I break down why!
You can't prompt your way into policy
The HANDBOOK.md research paper made headlines recently for showing how badly agents do when interpreting policy from long documents. Context graphs provide an interesting alternative IMO:
GraphQL terminology explainer: persisted queries & friends
Persisted Queries, APQ, Persisted Operations, Trusted Documents, Safelisting, what does it all mean to GraphQL users? I made this video to explore the nuances and hopefully provide folks with a solid understanding of the fundamentals.
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