There are 10 different integer types in Protobuf. That honestly feels like about nine too many. Let's break down what actually separates them under the hood and how to pick the right one without overthinking your schema.
- Protobuf-ES, the safe, conformant, and complete Protobuf library, is now up to 5x faster.
- Announcing protobuf-py: Protobuf for Python, written from scratch. It passes the whole conformance suite, generates readable typed Python, has zero runtime dependencies, and with the Rust accelerator it's as fast as Google's C-based solution in production.
- We didn't pay for this or even know it was being written - whatever that says about us, this is one heck of a job
