What happens when you replace polling with real-time GraphQL?

Tobbe Lundberg walks through a real-world Postgres → React data-sync system using Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY, GraphQL live queries, React hooks and a custom query builder.

See the video: youtu.be/BtjGPV4yNqA

What if building an MCP app felt a lot like building the GraphQL client apps you already know?

Jerel Miller shows how familiar GraphQL patterns can be applied to MCP apps, bringing together GraphQL, clients and the emerging world of AI-powered applications.

Watch now: youtu.be/IeRjaphHOeA

The GraphQL Virtual Meetup is returning on December 8! Join at 18:00 UTC (10:00 AM PST). Program TBD. Register here: guild.host/events/graphql…

⏰ 48h left until the GraphQL Days Paris CFP closes.

Have some GraphQL story to share? Fill in the form!

graphql.org/day/2026/paris/

🟡GraphiQL v6 coming soon, please try it out! / @TrevorJScheer
🟡Welcoming AI contributions to GraphQL Codegen and Inspector / @eddeee888

🔵GraphQL Day @ FOST Melbourne — Oct 29

🟢Sharon Gorla on building durable architectures / @JeffAuriemma
graphqlweekly.com/issues/426/

🟡Troubleshoot faster with the Apollo GraphOS Router Support Tool / Danielle Mallare
🟡Baton brings Relay to SwiftUI and Compose / @shergin
🟡Apollo Connectors v0.4 is Generally Available / @benjamn
🟡Apollo Rover 1.0 Is Now Generally Available / Brian George
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Weekly 426 is out 🥳

🟣MCP gets AI agents into your APIs / @debergalis
🟣Apollo Summit 2026 Product Highlights / @kaitlyn_barnard
🟣Introducing Apollo GraphOS Agent Services / Adam DeLisse
🟣How we know an Apollo Router performance result is real / Dan Anderson Hall
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Schema governance shouldn't slow developers down.

Oleks Bidiuk shares how Intuit moved beyond manual schema reviews with IDE linting, AI-powered analysis and semantic collision detection — turning governance from a bottleneck into a developer accelerator.

youtu.be/T3R5OQ84HQU

🟢Martin Bonnin on GraphQL governance and Apollo Kotlin @martinbonnin / @JeffAuriemma
🟢AI mocks and semantic search with Jev for GraphQL / Samuel Vazquez / @JeffAuriemma

graphqlweekly.com/issues/425/

🟡Apollo Mock: LLM-generated data for your Kotlin applications @martinbonnin

🔵GraphQL Day @ FOST Melbourne (Oct 29)

🟣How Comcast scaled analytics 80x while cutting costs 38% with GraphQL and Amazon S3 Tables / Bimal Gajjar
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Weekly 425 is out 🥳

🟡What's New in Apollo Client 4.3 @jerelmiller
🟡Introducing GraphOS Router 3.0 / Matthew Ratzke
🟡Compose Local Subgraphs Inside Hive Gateway / Jeff Dolle
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Is GraphQL really just for client-facing APIs?

In this talk, Mark Larah explores the case for using GraphQL service-to-service, including how it can simplify architectures in a world of microservices, LLMs and server-driven UI.

Watch now: youtu.be/KdYpSKqpDNc

What if your GraphQL API could turn plain English into valid operations? Michael Watson explores GraphQL embeddings, vector search and local AI models - and how they can power a new kind of developer tooling.

Watch now: youtu.be/RQEvjyDxpXk

GraphQL and React Server Components overlap in some surprising ways. Jordan Eldredge explores where the two approaches compete, where they complement each other, and how they might coexist in future architectures.

Watch the video: youtu.be/pss9DV1m_EY

GraphQL Day London is tomorrow but we are already there! Come join us at the booth if you are around.

Our first-ever Toronto GraphQL Casual Roundtable is happening soon!

📅 Wednesday, October 7th
🕡 6:30 PM EDT
📍 CRAFT Beer Market, Toronto

Join real GraphQL users and maintainers swapping stories and building a community.

Only a few days left - grab your spot:
guild.host/events/graphql…

How do you make a huge federated graph useful to token-constrained AI agents? Stephen Spalding & Kavitha Srinivasan share how Netflix is making GraphQL tooling agent-friendly, with guardrails and feedback loops.

Watch the video: youtu.be/nFs1P3UKvbs

🔵GraphQL Day @ FOST London (Sep 30-Oct 1)
🔵GraphQL Roundtable @ CRAFT Toronto (Oct 7)

🟢Bad GraphQL takes, volume 5 @JeffAuriemma
🟢Token battle: GraphQL schema vs OpenAPI spec @JeffAuriemma
🟢Rigin Oommen on Federated GraphQL @JeffAuriemma

graphqlweekly.com/issues/424/

🟡Hive Console: Push Schema Revisions Before Deployment @n1rual
🟡Simfinity.js 3.2: GraphQL object types to PostgreSQL or MongoDB APIs

🔵This Weekend @ GraphQL Hyderabad: Context Layers for AI (Sep 27) @SurrealDB
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Weekly 424 is out 🥳

🟡What's New in Apollo Client 4.3 @jerelmiller
🟡Native Datadog Tracing in Hive Router @enisdenjo
🟡GraphQL Codegen Watch Mode Improvements @eddeee888
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