I am in favor of supporting alternate data serialization formats and data protocols, with JSON/REST as the default. Specifically, my current use case is best served by protobuf and kafkajs.
> On Jun 11, 2023, at 3:24 PM, Austin Bennett <aus...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hi Flagon Devs, > > Does anyone else have experience with protobuf/gRPC. Support is increasing > for web, so it will eventually make sense to use. Is it too early now? > Does this concern people to also support? Concretely, I tend to rip > JSON/REST out of most code I touch, for the performance benefits. I don't > see JSON going away in this project, but do see benefits to at least > support an alternative. > > Since this would be a significant effort, it probably warrants a design doc > and ensuring there is some form of consensus/support for the idea. > > Any thoughts? Concerns? Opposition? > > Thanks, > Austin > > > Ex: see > * https://github.com/grpc/grpc-web > * https://protobuf.dev/ > * https://grpc.io/docs/platforms/web/basics/ > * https://github.com/bufbuild/protobuf-es > * etc
