Protocol Buffers- A Banked Journey - Christopher Reeves

Security

Exploring the adoption and benefits of Protocol Buffers at Banked, a company that uses this language-agnostic framework for secure, compatible, and easy-to-use data serialization, RPC, and API development.

Key takeaways

Protocol Buffers are a language-agnostic, language-neutral framework for serializing structured data.
They solve the “JSON problem” where you can’t easily represent complex, structured data.
The Banked company uses Protocol Buffers to represent their payment schema.
Protocol Buffers have clear benefits, including security, compatibility, and ease of use.
To generate Protocol Buffers code, you can use the protoc compiler or the buff tool.
The buff tool is a wrapper around protoc that makes it easier to use.
Protocol Buffers can be used for a variety of purposes, including data serialization, RPC, and APIs.
The Banked company uses Protocol Buffers to generate code for their payment service.
They also use Protocol Buffers to define their service contracts.
The Banked company has a workflow that involves generating Protocol Buffers code, linting, and code review.
They use GitHub Actions to automate this workflow.
The Banked company has a schema registry to manage their Protocol Buffers schema.
They use the buff tool to generate code for multiple languages.
The Banked company’s payment service uses Protocol Buffers to send and receive data.
They use the buff tool to validate their Protocol Buffers data.
The Banked company’s API uses Protocol Buffers to define its API contracts.
They use Protocol Buffers to generate code for their API clients.

Protocol Buffers- A Banked Journey - Christopher Reeves

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