protobuf
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gRPC vs REST: Smaller Bytes Are the Least Interesting Difference
Protobuf is smaller than JSON until you gzip it. The real gRPC trade-offs are contracts, deadlines, status codes in trailers, and load balancing on Kubernetes.
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Schema Evolution: The Field You Removed Is Still in Someone's Queue
Backward, forward and full compatibility — what each permits, why required fields are a trap, and the rules that keep a rolling deploy safe.