gRPC for Microservices - Service Mesh and Observability

Explore a comprehensive conference talk on gRPC's role in microservices architecture, focusing on service mesh capabilities and observability features. Dive into the evolution of gRPC from Google's internal "Stubby" framework to its current status as a language and platform-independent solution for connecting services. Learn about gRPC's proxyless service mesh features, enabling traffic management, security, and observability without proxies or code rewrites. Discover how gRPC's built-in support for logging, metrics, and tracing enhances microservices observability. Gain insights into integrating gRPC observability plugins with Google Cloud's Operations Suite for comprehensive dashboards and monitoring capabilities.

gRPC For Microservices: Service-mesh and Observability - Sanjay Pujare & Wenbo Zhu‎, Google