Summary
In this chapter, we saw three popular ways of building Protobuf projects. The first one was using some kind of automation tool, such as Makefile. The second used the highly specialized tool called Buf. And the third one was using the highly generalized build system called Bazel. All of these have some advantages and disadvantages, and our job as engineers is to decide which tool is right for the job.
This book ends with this chapter. I hope you have learned something from all the theory and the practical parts. Protobuf is a very interesting data format, and with the rise of gRPC, Protobuf has become a must-have skill. With this book, you have learned everything from the serialization internals to how to use Protobuf in Python and Golang. I hope you liked the adventure, and I hope it will help you during your career.
