Using the Vulcain Protocol to Build Ultra-Performant REST APIs
summary
Introduces the Vulcain protocol as a way to build very high-performance REST APIs by offloading hypermedia link resolution to the client and using HTTP semantics (such as conditional requests and cache-aware proxies). Explains how Vulcain works with existing web technologies (HTTP/HTTPS, JSON, hemera-like link headers) and shows how adopting the protocol reduces server load and response size to improve API scalability and latency.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:54Why Vulcain exists
- 10:40REST API problems
- 17:20HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 performance
- 20:27How Vulcain works
- 27:03Vulcain benefits
- 34:15Vulcain vs GraphQL
- 36:24Technical demo
- 41:51Caddy Server integration
- 43:19Summary
