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4 questions in gRPC Transport.

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A file-sync company moves internal service communication from JSON over HTTP to gRPC. What improves, what gets harder, and where would you keep HTTP/JSON?

A gRPC service sits behind a layer 4 load balancer. One backend receives most of the traffic and adding instances does not help. Why?

A telemetry platform must choose between HTTP/JSON and gRPC for high-volume ingestion from thousands of agents. What actually decides it?

An organisation standardises internal service communication. What actually distinguishes gRPC from JSON over HTTP at scale, and where does each break down?