with tolkien, the languages spawned the stories. are there other examples where something well-known and with pop appeal came out as a byproduct of the creator’s more obscure pursuits?
when we changed Following to exclude replies (unless you *also* follow who they’re replying to), there was this meta-moment: some ppl were upset, followed by waves of way more upset people saying this feature is crucial because they wouldn’t have seen my post if not for their friends’ upset replies
fantastic article from [@alan.norbauer.com](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:2upnf7qjp3qehtrswdhqo4cn ) about “Relay-style GraphQL”. i think these ideas haven’t been as broadly understood in the open source react graphql community as they deserve to be. (the exact comparisons with Apollo might be somewhat outdated; i have not checked. principles are solid.)
[Relay-style GraphQL](