In my journey to refine the tech stack for future projects, I discovered the T3 Stack, diving into its components and advantages. This venture builds on my experiences from a recent shift from GraphQL to tRPC in a project, which significantly enhanced my development process and simplified the project architecture. Here, I share reflections and lessons from this transition, emphasizing that while my views are shaped by personal experience, they are not definitive judgements but rather observations of the challenges and benefits encountered.
- Complex Setup: The integration of GraphQL with TypeScript on the frontend requires a suite of additional tools — notably, codegen for translating GraphQL schemas to TypeScript types and
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(alongside its extensions) for handling mutations and queries. This not only complicates the initial setup but also burdens the development experience (DX) with the need for ongoing updates to types in response to schema modific