I think they’re probably paying more attention to gRPC and GraphQL. They have a cloud offering whereas trpc seems to have a smaller scope and prioritize supporting every client and server.

If I understand the idea correctly, differential is for backend only (microservices architectures). There is nothing about browser support in the docs.

Close. Think of it like trpc / rspc with a service mesh that orchestrates calls between services.

It _does_ put an extra hop in your network calls, but it allows some the benefits of orchestration.

Here's an opinionated take: https://docs.differential.dev/getting-started/thinking/