# Let's change the World

## Why do we need HC Nitro?

> This Prototype tries to resolve the biggest hurdle of connecting our services together. This is not possible in a sane way using our current approach.
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> With this Prototype we can explore using the combination of GraphQL and the Neo4j Graph Database for achieving the connected nature of a social graph with better development experience, as we do not need to connect data on our own any more through weird table structures etc.
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> **Advantages:**
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> * easier data structure
> * better connected data
> * easy to achieve "recommendations" based on actions \(relations\)
> * more performant and better to understand API
> * better API client that uses caching
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> We still need to evaluate the drawbacks and estimate the development cost of such an approach.