Apache Thrift and others
Until now, you may have come to the conclusion that Apache Thrift is the best solution for all your needs when dealing with distributed systems. Surprisingly, it is not always true. In this section, we will review similar tools so that you are able to understand how Apache Thrift compares to them and when to use which tool.
Custom protocols
Frequently, inventing your own custom protocol is the first idea that comes to a developer's mind when he/she needs to transfer data between two applications. Very often, it works surprisingly well in small solutions, which are not expected to scale or be modified frequently.
Examples of such solutions are popular in web applications. Creating your own custom protocol is as simple as generating ...
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