When I set up the advanced Node js boilerplate, I noticed I have a type User defined in both my application schema as well as my datamodel. However, the Post type is only defined in the database schema. Can somebody explain to me why the User type is defined twice?

The difference is in

password

property. By creating a new

User

type we ensure that

password

won’t pass through.

more info here: https://blog.graph.cool/graphql-schema-stitching-explained-schema-delegation-4c6caf468405#d4e8