# How Square accelerates product development with Apollo GraphQL

DevFeed: [How Square accelerates product development with Apollo GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-square-accelerates-product-development-with-apollo-graphql-23369.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/how-square-accelerates-product-development-with-apollo-graphql>)

Author: Lyndsie Berens

Published: 2021-03-10T10:15:06Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [Microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservices.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>)

Tags: [announcement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcement.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [apollo-federation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo-federation.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [back-end](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/back-end.md>), [customer-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/customer-experience.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [front-end](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/front-end.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microservices.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes how Square moved from a monolithic API toward Apollo Federation and GraphQL as it adopted microservices. It highlights the need to connect data across teams and support consistent experiences across front-end applications, while enabling reusable, declarative, type-safe requests.

## Source excerpt

Square started their journey in 2009 with a credit card reader that plugged into the iPhone and iPhone app using a single Ruby on on Rail service. Since then, they have grown into an international company providing a suite of products and platforms to help businesses and individuals participate in the economy. In our webinar, Tech Lead on the Platform, Infrastructure, and Engineering Team, Lenny Burdette, discusses how Square works with Apollo to build a better experience for their customers.