Explore the challenges and solutions for enabling distributed transactions across microservices using gRPC in this 25-minute talk by Benjamin Hindman from reboot.dev, presented at a CNCF event. Delve into the false dichotomy between monolithic and microservice architectures, and discover how to achieve the simplicity of monoliths with the scalability of microservices. Learn about the need for transactionality between microservice calls and why gRPC and protobuf were chosen for implementing the network layer and schema language. Gain insights into creating cloud-native applications that overcome data and ownership silos while maintaining the ability to manage state transactionally across distributed systems.