Building microservices at scale often means pushing beyond the basics of gRPC. Many teams adopt gRPC for its high performance and cross-language support, only to discover subtle complexities when running it in production. In this article, we delve into advanced gRPC concepts — streaming, deadlines, interceptors, load balancing — and share practical “dos and don’ts” learned from real-world systems. We’ll also examine how industry leaders like Netflix have leveraged gRPC to boost productivity and solve tough issues in their microservice architectures.
The goal is a leadership-level view of gRPC: not just how to write a service, but how to build and scale a gRPC-based microservice ecosystem effectively. Let’s explore the key concepts and hard-won lessons for making the most of gRPC in production.
