Loading an entire next page is also a single call to the same endpoint. There is nowhere remotely that I see the mobile client even making a hundred gql calls for tweets.
Is there something I'm missing or is he misusing "app" when he means backend service to service GQL calls?
1) Client requests service. 2) Service is graphQL, which makes the "thousands of calls" Musk is referring to towards other backend APIs. 3) There was an incorrect international cache/CDN configuration which hurt response time of these APIs for some countries. 4) Musk claims its the API calls causing slow performance, engineers point out that its technically the cache.
Debate is about if using graphQL is even worth it if it needs such complex caching to work well
There couldn't possibly be a good reason for things being the way they are, and he can't be arssed to stop and learn before loading and firing off a tweet from his gigantic ass cannon.
There must be a word for this.
The less charitable one is they love getting points from their fans for calling everyone dumb and saying they can fix everything, knowing ahead of time they can just keep changing the story when things don't work. And their fans do in fact give them points for what they say about what they'll do in the future, every time, without even looking at the track record of previous such statements
