Protobuf

Different Protobuf types dramatically impact your binary size—sint32 encoding needs just 1 byte for negative numbers while int32 wastes 10 bytes, repeated fields can balloon with large tag numbers, and poor type choices can triple your network traffic. Learn the exact patterns to optimize your Protobuf messages for production.

Protocol Buffers is faster and smaller than JSON, but the interesting part is understanding why. This article breaks down the encoding techniques that make Protobuf efficient, backed by benchmark results and practical examples