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Thrift is comparable to GRPC, and more user-friendly in practice than GRPC. GRPC is more flexible, rigorous (anal). I disagree that Thrift failed, but GRPC ha
by fizx 9y ago
Thrift is comparable to GRPC, and more user-friendly in practice than GRPC. GRPC is more flexible, rigorous (anal).
I disagree that Thrift failed, but GRPC has more momentum right now IMO.
Source (GRPC at current startup, multiple years of thrift)
- cookiecaper 9y agoThrift is popular and it "supports" more targets, but I found a lot of bugs in some of its lesser-known implementations. This may not be an issue if you're using a widely-used Thrift platform, but if you're choosing Thrift because it supports the target you want while another RPC doesn't, do watch out for weird bugs and issues. I haven't tried to use Protobufs or gRPC in a serious way so I can't say if it's better or worse, but I would hope it supports fewer targets because it takes stability and QC more seriously.