I know, I should have said "Protobuf + custom connection handling". Thrift does come with RPC client/server code. You can choose between different transports.

I know, I should have said "Protobuf + custom connection handling". Thrift does come with RPC client/server code. You can choose between different transports. Example [1]. [1] https://github.com/apache/thrift/blob/master/lib/nodejs/examples/client.js https://github.com/apache/thrift/blob/master/lib/nodejs/exam...