Protobuf Zero Value Pitfalls: When Default Values Become an Invisible Killer of Business Logic
The US stock market has three trading sessions: pre-market, live market, and post-market. The logic for pushing data – whether it’s full data or numerical increments – is optimized to conserve bandwidth (sending as little data as possible). Initially, only the full dataset is sent in the first transmission; subsequent transmissions are incremental updates of all fields.
Why not use the optimal solution? This involves multiple project teams, some of which have been live for many years.