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I hate to say this but it's an example of language hype not matching actual usage. I love GRPC, it's beautiful, but the fact that native implementations are onl

I hate to say this but it's an example of language hype not matching actual usage. I love GRPC, it's beautiful, but the fact that native implementations are only available in unsexy "old" languages should say something about the state of software development. I'm glad GRPC is available in Java, because that's what my company uses. I have a feeling this is the case with most devs. It's annoying that I can't use it in rust, but then again, it's newsworthy if a major company is using rust for anything. I don't think it has anything to do with a language being functional or not, it's based on sheer popularity in the business world

grcp 9y ago
I'm very curious how gRPC has selected the business first way; many now commonly used technologies in buiness field has very "hyped" backround, modern examples are javascript and react. I'm pretty sure it would accelerate adoptation if more developers would have tried it especially in their hobby projects
- shouldbworking 9y ago
  gRPC feels very industrial to me. It's similar to Google's Guava library, used everywhere but nobody really talks about it. A lot of the stuff I've seen hyped to heaven in recent years is UI related or close to it. I think we might still have a human fascination with shiny objects.