The rise of microservices has completely transformed how we build distributed systems, and gRPC is quickly becoming the go-to choice for communication between services. But while many recognize gRPC's powerful features on paper, there's often a big gap when it comes to running it smoothly in real-world, high-traffic production environments. This session is designed to bridge that gap—combining core concepts with practical, battle-tested lessons to help you confidently adopt and scale gRPC in your own systems.
In today's fast-moving world, traditional REST APIs can't always keep up. As service architectures become more complex and latency demands grow tighter, the overhead of JSON, the limits of HTTP/1.1, and the lack of strong typing start to slow things down. That's where gRPC shines: its efficient binary Protocol Buffers, HTTP/2 multiplexing, and strongly-typed contracts give you speed, reliability, and clarity—but only if you know how to implement them well at scale.