January 2019 Summaries

The Hasura GraphQL Engine is an open-source project that provides a ready-to-use GraphQL API on Postgres. It has received over 6000 stars on Github and has a growing community of contributors who engage on the Discord server. Community contributions are highly valued, with recent Hacktoberfest seeing 74 community-contributed PRs in the repo. The Hasura GraphQL Engine stack is made up of multiple components including server, console UI, CLI, and docs, each using different programming languages/frameworks. Issues that are ripe for contributions are proactively labeled as such, and the project encourages ideas from anyone looking to contribute. Contributors can expect detailed guidelines, a dedicated community support channel on Discord, quick PR reviews, and even pair-programming sessions with maintainers. The Hasura team is committed to making the GraphQL Engine project a welcoming place for contributors, especially first-timers.

Hasura GraphQL Engine now provides native support for PostGIS topology operators such as ST_Contains and ST_Within in its GraphQL API. This feature allows developers to use these operators as boolean GraphQL operators, making it easier to fetch data based on spatial relationships. The supported list of topology operators includes ST_Contains, ST_Within, ST_DWithin, and more. Hasura encourages feedback from the community to further improve their PostGIS support.

The Hasura Technical Writer Program is designed to encourage the creation of technical content related to Hasura or GraphQL. By writing articles and tutorials, participants can support the Hasura GraphQL Engine and receive compensation for their work. The program aims to grow Hasura's public repository of resources and make it easier for developers to use the GraphQL engine. Authors can choose between personal payouts or donations to a charity or open source project for each published article. Topics of interest include walkthroughs, tutorials, and in-depth technical articles related to working with Hasura and GraphQL. The program is open to anyone, including first-time writers, who will receive support from Hasura's editors throughout the writing process.

Hasura is offering assistance to users giving talks about the platform at meetups and conferences. They provide help with proposals/abstracts, resources for preparation, practice sessions with experienced speakers, swag for distribution, and spreading the word through social media and newsletters. To avail this support, users can email their abstract or proposal to [email protected] or contact Harsha on Discord.