Mastering Go Application Design: Protobuf vs JSON Encoding
Protobuf and JSON are two popular methods for structuring data for efficient storage and transfer. Protobuf is more efficient than JSON in terms of byte array size, but it takes longer to convert an object to a byte array and changes to the message structure require code generation. When Protobuf is used to replace JSON at large scale, it can save massive amounts of bandwidth. Example Github Repository here Protobuf file Marshal Lets start with some go code with the protos already defined and working....