gRPC: 5 Years Later, Is It Still Worth It? - Konstantin Ostrovsky, Torq.io
Konstantin Ostrovsky, Torq.io
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 · Session
In this insightful KubeCon EU talk, Konstantin Ostrovsky, Chief Architect at Torq.io, offers a comprehensive retrospective on his team's five-to-six-year journey utilizing **gRPC** in a production microservices environment. The presentation addresses the critical question: "Is gRPC still worth it?" for modern development teams. Torq.io, a cybersecurity no-code automation startup, has embraced gRPC for inter-service communication across its Go-based microservices, even extending its use to front-end interactions, a less common but deliberate choice.
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This talk offers a brutally honest and deeply technical retrospective on five years of gRPC in a production microservices environment. The Chief Architect from Torq.io doesn't just rehash documentation; he shares hard-won lessons on API governance, dependency management, and the real-world friction of gRPC-web. The session highlights the transformative impact of new tooling like Buff and Connect RPC, making it highly relevant for anyone running or considering gRPC at scale. His practical approach to embedding security controls like RBAC directly into Protobuf definitions is particularly…