When RESTful architecture isn't enough...

REST has always been my preferred interface architecture, but it doesn't always fit every use case. Some times, it's better to use an RPC interface instead.

gRPC has brought with it some awesome features and tooling, and is often a better solution for RPC.

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00:00 Intro
00:27 What is RPC
02:32 gRPC & Protocol Buffers
05:46 Building a gRPC server
12:54 Error handling
15:47 Repeated
17:07 Building a gRPC Client
18:59 One last thing