JSON transcoding is a feature that has been added to gRPC in .NET 7. It allows gRPC endpoints to be accessible via a REST API, and it's much easier to set up than any alternative technology available ...

Despite REST's position as the de facto standard in web services development, it's not without some shortcomings. Data exchange formats can be bloated, and it lacks standards for API documentation and ...

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. Everybody in tech loves an acronym, so let’s have DS OSS GA gRPC API 4 Astra DB. While that’s not actually a term ...

What happens when innovative AI agents meet the challenge of connecting to real-world tools and data? The answer lies in the protocols that bridge the gap between static training models and dynamic, ...

With remote procedure calls your APIs don’t need to be RESTful. You build your server methods and client calls, and gRPC takes care of the rest It’s always interesting to delve into the protocols and ...

ASP.NET Core allows you to create Web Services based on gRPC ... which raises two questions: "What is gRPC?" and "Does it ever make sense to use it?" Here are Peter's answers. If you're working with ...