quark

Quark is a specialized language for defining and implementing communication protocols in multiple languages.

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Quark is a specialized language for defining and implementing communication protocols in multiple languages.

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Dec 14	2015-12-14 00:00:00 UTC	2015-12-21 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
Dec 21	2015-12-21 00:00:00 UTC	2015-12-28 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Dec 28	2015-12-28 00:00:00 UTC	2016-01-04 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Jan 4	2016-01-04 00:00:00 UTC	2016-01-11 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Jan 11	2016-01-11 00:00:00 UTC	2016-01-18 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Jan 18	2016-01-18 00:00:00 UTC	2016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Jan 25	2016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC	2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Feb 1	2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC	2016-02-08 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Feb 8	2016-02-08 00:00:00 UTC	2016-02-15 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
Feb 15	2016-02-15 00:00:00 UTC	2016-02-22 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Feb 22	2016-02-22 00:00:00 UTC	2016-02-29 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Feb 29	2016-02-29 00:00:00 UTC	2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC	1	1

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meddlepal·Mar 1, 2016

We do not have a Go implementation yet, but at Datawire.io we are working on a IDL that compiles into a number of target languages and generates client and server code with all those features. Go is on our TODO list after we add Ruby support. Check us out! [0]: https://github.com/datawire/datawire-connect [1]: https://github.com/datawire/quark

In Microservices with Go, go-microservice-template and Minke

rdli·Feb 11, 2016

Here's what I've seen: 1. HTTP/JSON, with resiliency semantics layered on via SmartStack, Hystrix, or DIY library. 2. GRPC/protobuf. Haven't seen anyone other than Google run this in production, and Google doesn't really use gRPC (they use Stubby). 3. Finagle/Thrift. Twitter and some other folks use this. 4. Async message bus. Not as popular because it's not point-to-point, but it works. It's technically not RPC so it requires a different architectural approach that lots of people aren't willing to adopt. 5. Super fancy custom RPC protocol. Uber does this, for example. As does Google. You need lots of engineering to do this well, though. <plug> We've seen these design patterns over and over again, which is why we're building Quark (github.com/datawire/quark) which is a language for you to build your own custom RPC protocol (case #5 or to

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a lesser extent #1). We're also building Datawire Connect on top of Quark which gives you resilient RPC semantics in a way that's compatible with your existing tech stack. </plug>

In Ask HN: What do you use for microservice RPC?

rdli·Dec 18, 2015

What kind of APIs are you trying to generate? If you're trying to do more than REST/HTTP APIs, you can check out Quark (https://github.com/datawire/quark).

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