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Architecture 2026-06-27

Comparing API Styles: REST, GraphQL, gRPC, Webhooks, WebSocket, and Messaging

Six common API styles, REST, GraphQL, gRPC, Webhooks, WebSocket, and Messaging, compared side by side. This article organizes them by communication model, lays out each style's overview, design considerations, and pros and cons, and gives guidance for choosing. A map for picking a style in API design.

#API#REST#GraphQL#gRPC#WebSocket#Webhook#Messaging

Architecture 2026-06-25

When to Use GraphQL: Adoption Criteria and Trade-offs

When should you adopt GraphQL? This guide covers its core ideas (a typed schema, a single endpoint, fetching exactly what you need), where it fits and where it does not, the trade-offs, operational concerns such as N+1, and how it compares with REST and gRPC.

#GraphQL#Architecture#API#BFF#REST

Architecture 2026-06-25

When to Use gRPC: Adoption Criteria and Trade-offs

When should you adopt gRPC? This guide covers its core ideas (RPC, HTTP/2, Protocol Buffers), where it fits and where it does not, the trade-offs, operational concerns, and how it compares with REST and GraphQL.

#gRPC#Architecture#API#Microservices#Protocol Buffers#HTTP/2

Architecture 2026-06-22

Comparing API Versioning Strategies: Path, Query, Header, and Payload

A concise comparison of four API versioning strategies — path, query parameter, header, and message payload — covering their pros, cons, and best fit.

#API#REST#HTTP