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> GRPC and protobufs are f'in messy and full of footguns. Distributed data modeling is inherently messy and IME gRPC is one of the least messy, most scalable s
by pphysch 5y ago
> GRPC and protobufs are f'in messy and full of footguns.
Distributed data modeling is inherently messy and IME gRPC is one of the least messy, most scalable solutions to it. Or do you have a better alternative?
- azth 5y agoprotobuf has issues with optional fields, as was pointed out in the post. Couple that with a language with a weak type system like golang (no sum types), and it's very verbose and slow to develop in. Targeting better languages helps alleviate the latter.