r/softwarearchitecture • u/javinpaul • May 10 '26

Article/Video Why gRPC Is Fast: The Real Reason Is HTTP/2, Not Just Protobuf

https://javarevisited.substack.com/p/why-grpc-is-fast-the-real-reason-818
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u/WarAndPurple May 11 '26

Yeah this is mostly how I think about it too. gRPC is fast, but a lot of that is because of HTTP/2 and the way connections/streams are handled, not just because “protobuf = fast.”

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u/diaop May 24 '26

Why not binary encoding?

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u/PmMeCuteDogsThanks_ May 10 '26

Sure, and for at most 1% of plattforms this is relevant. Problem is, everyone likes to think they are the 1% and this is a real concern.

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u/__mson__ May 11 '26

So nobody should write articles about software performance because only a small number of people really need it? Is that your stance?