This helps you use Go to power the next generation of APIs+PWAs.
Prerequisites; This article assumes you know what protobuf and gRPC are, and have set up the grpc-gateway for REST already for your app.
The context gRPC has become the default standard for modern Cloud Native RPC in Go. And gRPC is fine for backend service-to-service communication that can speak gRPC. To support older services, and the web, REST still reigns supreme.
Reading the source code is a pathway to many abilities that some consider… unnatural.
Luke’s original strategy was to attack the death star via SQL injection, but in the end he went for an X-Wing based buffer overflow.
I want to encourage you to actually read through the open source code for the software that you’re using. Doing so has many potential benefits, and skills like this can give you a real edge and advantage in your team.
This article is about how I often invest time in ambitious projects just for the joy of working on the project, often without the intention of finishing or publishing the project. By the end of this article I hope you can see why investing your time in such projects is interesting and useful, so you can understand why I spend so much time on this, and why you might consider doing the same too.
James is a "full stack" Open Source enthusiast, who enjoys creating no-nonsense open source software.