At Netflix, we heavily use gRPC for the purpose of backend to backend communication. This post explains how Protobuf FieldMask helps us design robust APIs.

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Never rename fields when FieldMask is used. If a field is renamed, the backend should be able to support new and old field names until all the callers migrate to the new field name (backward compatibility issue) Deprecate a field and create a new field instead of renaming.

Practical API Design at Netflix, Part 1: Using Protobuf FieldMask

<p>Very useful article. Definitely give it a read.</p>
