Explore the advantages of using Protocol Buffers and gRPC for microservices communication in this EuroPython 2017 conference talk. Dive deep into the benefits of protocol buffers, including robust schema enforcement, compact binary serialization, and easy backward compatibility. Learn how to define API messages in proto format, reuse them across different services, and implement gRPC endpoints. Discover techniques for handling timeouts, deadlines, and cancellations in distributed systems. Compare Protocol Buffers to JSON, understand the fallacies of distributed computing, and examine real-world success stories of implementing these technologies.