A new blog post argues that today’s React meta-frameworks like Next.js and Remix are too abstract and “feel broken,” adding complexity through magic and indirection. It introduces RedwoodSDK as a simpler, more transparent alternative that prioritizes native web APIs and production-parity development.
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> You could validate against having too many layers of nesting in one query
The GraphQL Server in RedwoodJS does query depth limiting out-of-the-box. You can configure it, but by default the depth is 11 -- because all the best things go to 11.
Many RedwoodJS contributors have startup experience and we applied much of that in delivering features that often get lost in the rapid MVP pace where you have a small team and iterate fast ... only to face those decisions later. And it's not a surprise that these feature get left out early on: they take time and money -- two things startups have to manage from the get go.
Testing, logging, webhook support, setting up authentication, involving your designers more with Storybook, seeding data, mocking data, deploying, GraphQL best practices.
These are all common solvable problems that RedwoodJS has already thought of so you can focus on building a product.
