gRPC-Rust: Preview to Stable Release
summary
gRPC Rust lands a May 28 preview on crates.io that is client-side only, TLS- and Tokio-bound, with code generation via Google Protobuf and no server or migration path yet. A compatibility layer for tonic is planned so existing apps can switch imports and then replace stubs; server APIs will accept arena-backed request/response views to reduce allocations. Early dashboard numbers look strong without tuning, and proxyless/XDS support targets completion in H1 next year.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker background
- 1:25What is Rust and why use it
- 4:18Rust basics: ownership and borrowing
- 6:03Rust error handling with Options and Results
- 8:29Rust async programming overview
- 9:54Why gRPC and Rust work well together
- 11:00Introduction to Tonic and gRPC Rust
- 12:25Why a new gRPC Rust implementation
- 14:11First preview of gRPC Rust
- 15:38Proxyless service mesh and roadmap
- 16:20Early performance results
- 16:43Server API preview and hello world
- 18:09Building a greeter service with RPC call
- 20:19Q&A: Migration path from Tonic
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