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Re:Demystifying the protobuf wire format by bairen on Friday May 17, 2024 @12:39PM (#40391712)
Its silly to think protobufs code gen is a advantage. I can take a json object/xml/csv from any API and plug it into a website that will spit out models in any language I want.

The only real advantage of grpc and protobufs have are speed and reduced data transmission.

And hey fair enough man if those are your bottle necks.

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Re:Demystifying the protobuf wire format by mike_hearn on Friday May 17, 2024 @02:13PM (#40392681)
How will you know the generated model actually represents everything that can be in the API if you don't have a schema?
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