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Practical Golang: Getting started with NATS and related patterns Introduction Microservices… the never disappearing buzzword of our times. They promise a lot, but can be slow or complicated if not implemented correctly. One of the main challenges when developing and using a microservice-based architecture is getting the communication right. Many will ask, why not REST? As I did at some point. Many will actually use it. But the truth is that it leads to tighter coupling, and is synchronous....

Introduction Most apps we make need a means of communication. We usually use JSON, or just plain text. JSON has got especially popular because of the rise of Node.js. The truth though, is, that JSON isn’t really a fast format. The marshaller in Go also isn’t that fast. That’s why in this article we’ll learn how to use google protocol buffers. They are in fact very easy to use, and are much faster than JSON....