October 7, 2026Team Buf
Connectconnect-go v2 is here
connect-go v2 simplifies generated APIs, opens the library to new transports, and keeps v1 fully supported.
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RSS feedSeptember 30, 2026Kevin McDonald
ConnectgRPC vs REST Is the Wrong Question
The traditional advice is REST for public APIs and gRPC for microservices. But is this a false dichotomy? (hint: yes)
September 22, 2026Kevin McDonald
Protobuf · ConnectProtobuf, JSON Schema, and OpenAPI
Learn how to generate JSON Schema and OpenAPI specs using Protobuf.
September 17, 2026Team Buf
ProtobufA faster Protovalidate
Go, Java, and TypeScript now run Protovalidate's standard rules as native code, while protovalidate-py 2.0 replaces its pure-Python core with a much faster native extension.
September 11, 2026Kevin McDonald
ProtobufDelta Encoding in Protobuf
Deep dive into a space-saving encoding technique.
September 2, 2026Kevin McDonald
ConnectgRPC-Web Failed the Web
Why gRPC-Web made the browser a second-class client, the protocol compromises that followed, and what a web-native RPC protocol looks like instead.
August 26, 2026Kevin McDonald
Connectconnect-rust joins the Connect project
Anthropic built connect-rust and has contributed it to the Connect project. Rust now has an official implementation that speaks Connect, gRPC, and gRPC-Web.
August 24, 2026Kevin McDonald
Buf CLI · Buf Schema Registry · ProtobufThe modern Protobuf workflow
A tour of the modern Protobuf workflow, from compatibility and code generation to RPC, validation, and editor tooling, and how each piece builds on the same schema.
August 14, 2026Kevin McDonald
ProtobufProtobuf-ES just got a lot faster
Protobuf-ES v2.14 serializes up to 5x faster and parses up to 2x faster, with no API changes and no new build options. Update the package and your code gets faster.
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