for protobufs (probably not the best example, but still) there is a way to improve the performance if you sacrifice some of the functionality. For example https

for protobufs (probably not the best example, but still) there is a way to improve the performance if you sacrifice some of the functionality. For example https://perfetto.dev/docs/design-docs/protozero https://perfetto.dev/docs/design-docs/protozero (perfetto is a profiling system, and uses (AFAIK) protobuf to communicate data between the system/app and itself).