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Benjie Gillam

Benjie Gillam

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Community-funded open source developer and GraphQL Technical Steering Committee member, maintaining Graphile and PostGraphile tools for GraphQL, PostgreSQL, and Node.js ecosystems.
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Fixing GraphQL's Biggest Mistake in 512 Bytes

by benjie-gillam

GraphQL's error propagation destroys sibling data when non-null fields fail. A 512-byte library called graphql-toe transforms error-nulls into thrown errors, letting schemas express business semantics instead of error boundaries.

graphqlerror-handlingtypescriptapi-designJan 3, 2026
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