#267 Why we decided against GraphQL for local state management

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Why we decided against GraphQL for local state management

Apollo and GraphQL have done wonders for cleaning up our APIs and the general networking layer of our clients. Pursuing it as an option for state management, however, has major implications for our codebase, and at this time we just didn't feel the argument was compelling enough given the maturity of Apollo's client-side state management and the current setup of our client-side state.

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