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# The Great API Debate: REST, GraphQL, or gRPC?


- **Date:** Friday, Jul 19, 2024
- **Time:** 14:20–14:50 (30 min)
- **Room:** STAGE 1 (120)
- **Event:** World Congress 2024

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1195-the-great-api-debate-rest-graphql-or-grpc)

## Description

In this talk, Yushin explores the fundamental purpose of APIs, illustrating how everything in modern software architecture is interconnected through them. We'll discuss how APIs act as crucial firewalls, enabling software on both sides to evolve independently while maintaining seamless communication. This session delves into the growing importance of APIs, especially as they are increasingly used by humans, AI, and traditional software, each with unique requirements. We'll analyze REST API, GraphQL, and gRPC within the context of Django, focusing on how these technologies support long-term maintainability, scalability, and interoperability. By the end of this session, developers will gain a deeper understanding of API strategies and their critical role in future-proofing their projects.

## Speaker

### [Alexis Yushin](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@alexis-yushin)

Founder & CTO of Apexive


## Related talks at this congress

- [GraphQL: Does it replace SQL, REST or Something Else?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/217-graphql-does-it) — Gregor Bauer
- [Building APIs in the AI Era](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/165-building-apis-in-the) — Hugo Guerrero
- [OpenAPI meets OpenAI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/159-openapi-meets-openai) — Christopher Walles
- [Enterprise Python: Software That Lives Long And Prosper](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/291-enterprise-python) — Alvaro Duran