Sponsored Session: Federation, Reversed: A Consumer-First Future with Fission

May 19, 10:35 – 11:00

Mission Peak

Federation + Distributed System

Session description

GraphQL Federation traditionally takes a bottom-up approach: individual service schemas are defined first, and the final federated API emerges from the federation algorithm. However, GraphQL's strength is enabling APIs that are designed around what consumers actually need. A bottom-up model can make it harder to intentionally design the federated API surface. In this talk we introduce Fission, a new federation algorithm that enables a consumer-first, design-driven approach to federated GraphQL APIs. We'll show how Fission lets teams start with API design and derive the services therefrom—flipping the traditional federation paradigm on its head. And best yet: we'll explain using cake.

Session speakers

David Stutt

Wundergraph, Senior Founding Software Engineer

David is one of the four founding engineers at WunderGraph who collectively built the software foundations of the company. David's career began in the finance sector of software engineering before moving exclusively to API management in 2022. From that point, David started his deep-dive journey into GraphQL and Federation. David was also the creator of the popular "Will It Compose" game that was presented by Jens Neuse at GraphQL Conf 2023 at the beginning of his Dataloader 3.0 session, which remains the most-watched video on the GraphQL Working Groups YouTube channel. In addition, David is a member of the composite schema working group committee and tries to provide contributions and input where possible.

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