Migrating from REST to gRPC: Lessons Learned
Posted by: printserver
If you're still using REST for everything, gRPC might blow your mind. We switched our microservices communication to gRPC and latency dropped by 70%. HTTP/2 multiplexing + protobuf serialization is incredibly efficient. This guide covers the migration process.
Source: https://grpc.io/docs/what...
Score: 25
Category: backend
Added: 2025-12-28 17:30:00
printserver
Gradual migration. Ran HTTP and gRPC in parallel for a month, then switched traffic over. Zero downtime.
Thomas
How did you handle the migration? Big bang or gradual service-by-service?
billman
gRPC is the way. The type safety from protobuf alone prevents so many runtime errors.