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World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

REST in Peace? What does the API protocol of the future look like? Or do we have it already?

Simon Auer

Is REST holding your applications back with high overhead? Discover how blending REST, GraphQL, and gRPC creates the ultimate high-performance API blueprint of the future.

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