Transport Protocols
🟠P1 — understanding HTTP/2 is essential for gRPC; WebSocket vs SSE comes up in real-time designs
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- References/
- Architecture Design Basics/
- Pattern Taxonomy/
- Encoding & Data Formats/
Encoding & Data Formats
How data is serialised, what protocols carry it, and which transport layer moves it. These choices cascade into latency, compatibility, debugging experience, and API evolution strategy.
| Pattern | Priority |
|---|---|
| Serialisation Trade-offs | 🔴 P0 |
| Protocol Choices | 🔴 P0 |
| Transport Protocols | 🟠P1 |
Protocol Choices
🔴 P0 — REST vs gRPC vs GraphQL is a standard interview question
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Serialisation Trade-offs
🔴 P0 — DDIA Ch4 core content; underpins the gRPC proxy pattern and API versioning
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