# GraphQL in a Platform Engineering World

DevFeed: [GraphQL in a Platform Engineering World](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/graphql-in-a-platform-engineering-world-23329.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/graphql-in-a-platform-engineering-world>)

Author: Michael Watson

Published: 2024-01-04T14:00:53Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Apollo Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apollo-blog.md>)

Topics: [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [internal developer portal](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internal-developer-portal.md>), [Platform Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/platform-engineering.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>), [Application Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/application-development.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/real-time.md>), [Caching](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/caching.md>)

Tags: [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [application-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/application-development.md>), [caching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/caching.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [developer-portal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-portal.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [platform-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-engineering.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>), [self-service](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-service.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how platform engineering teams use GraphQL to power self-service developer portals. It describes GraphQL's query, mutation, and subscription model, its coexistence with REST APIs, and benefits including developer experience, observability, application development, and API flexibility.

## Source excerpt

In today's digital world, optimizing APIs for efficiency and real-time performance is crucial. Your applications need to keep evolving by introducing new features or capabilities over time. Many organizations utilize platform engineering teams to create a self-service developer portal with the goal of accelerating their developers velocity building these new features.