Protocol buffer tips
(FYI: The following entry is going to be much more technical than most of what I post. Anyone who doesn't care about code or data serialization can pretty much hit "next" right now.)
A few days ago,
Google open sourced one of its key data serialization formats,
protocol buffers. There's already been some chat on how they're similar to or different than other wire formats, but I thought it would be useful to post some useful tips I've come across over the years about how to make them do useful things.
Don't expect any deep insights into computer science here, just a few notes about working with these libraries.
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