\n In 2024, 68% of high-scale cross-platform apps report $1.2M+ in unnecessary infrastructure spend due to mismatched tooling choices between UI and data layers—a problem Preact and GraphQL aim to solve, but in fundamentally different ways. \n\n 🔴 Live Ecosystem Stats ⭐ graphql/graphql-js — 20,314 stars, 2,045 forks 📦 graphql — 149,392,848 downloads last month Data pulled live from GitHub and npm. \n 📡 Hacker News Top Stories Right Now Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license (1377 points) Appearing productive in the workplace (1095 points) Permacomputing Principles (128 points) Diskless Linux boot using ZFS, iSCSI and PXE (79 points) SQLite Is a Library of Congress Recommended Storage Format (218 points) \n\n \n Key Insights \n \n* Preact 10.19.3 reduces client-side bundle size by 11.2kB (min+gzip) vs React 18, cutting first contentful paint by 340ms on 3G connections (benchmark: Moto G4, Chrome 120, 3G Slow).…