Name: Changing the Game for Trusted Documents — What If Your Whole Platform Natively Supported It? - Laurin Quast & Denis Badurina, The Guild
Start: 2026-05-20T15:50:00-0700
End: 2026-05-20T16:15:00-0700

May 19 - 20 | In-Person Only
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Changing the Game for Trusted Documents — What If Your Whole Platform Natively Supported It? - Laurin Quast & Denis Badurina, The Guild

Wednesday May 20, 2026 3:50pm - 4:15pm PDT

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Trusted documents (persisted queries) are one of the most powerful tools in the GraphQL security and performance toolkit. By restricting your API to only pre-approved operations, you eliminate entire classes of attacks, reduce payload sizes, and gain full visibility into client behavior. Yet most struggle to adopt them – the tooling is fragmented, the workflow is manual, and the deployment story is an afterthought.

What if your entire platform natively supported trusted documents from end to end? In this talk, I’ll show what becomes possible when persisted queries are first-class citizens of your GraphQL platform – from registration and version through CI/CD validation to production deployment and rollback. But trusted documents aren’t just for GraphQL clients. I’ll explore how they unlock new capabilities: exposing GraphQL operations as simple REST endpoints, and even powering MCP tools for AI agents – all built on the same foundation of pre-approved, governed operations.

You’ll leave with a clear picture of what a complete trusted documents platform looks like and practical steps to get there.

Speakers

Denis Badurina

Denis from The Guild, The Guild

I am a self-taught senior software architect, with a distinguishing trait of resiliently finding simple solutions to complex problems using communication through words and code.

Starting from my first Lego set, I've been in love with development throughout my whole life. As a creator, having the ability to turn thoughts into reality is a gift I find essential. Forever learning through practical applications, bad decisions and positive thoughts - I, ulti... Read More →

Laurin Quast

Developer, The Guild

Laurin Quast is a developer that started exploring GraphQL, by leading API development at a start-up. Realizing that there are still many unsolved problems and challenges within the space, he started contributing to famous JavaScript libraries, such as GraphQL Code Generator. Diving... Read More →

Wednesday May 20, 2026 3:50pm - 4:15pm PDT
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