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7/9/2026

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Original: gRPC Internals and Performance
Short summary
This article explains gRPC internals, covering how Protocol Buffers provide compact binary serialization and how HTTP/2 enables multiplexing, header compression, and binary framing for efficient service-to-service communication. It walks through .proto file definitions, code generation with protoc, and the request/response lifecycle from client stub to server implementation. A Go server example demonstrates practical implementation of a Greeter service.
- •gRPC uses Protocol Buffers for compact, schema-driven binary serialization instead of JSON/XML
- •HTTP/2 multiplexing and HPACK header compression reduce latency vs traditional REST over HTTP/1.1
- •protoc generates language-specific client stubs and server interfaces from .proto definitions
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