New to gRPC: Looking for some Guidance

[Rahul Goyal]

Hello all,

Hope you're doing well.

First of all, apologies if this feels out of place in the group — I wasn't sure where exactly to ask these questions, so I appreciate your patience.

I've recently started working with gRPC-based services and am still exploring the ecosystem and tools built around it. I had a few beginner-level questions and would be grateful for any guidance:

1. **Community Q&A Sessions**  
   Are there any regular, community-driven meetings or open forums where developers can join to ask general questions about gRPC and share challenges? I’ve seen such formats in the Jupyter community and found them really helpful.

2. **Getting Started with Contributions**  
   Is there a structured process or scheduled call for new contributors? I’m particularly interested in contributing to the `grpc-java` project and would love to understand how to get started and where to begin.

3. **Reference for a gRPC Proxy Service**  
   Are there any known implementations of a gRPC Proxy (reverse proxy between client and actual backend) that I can refer to? A Java-based reference implementation would be ideal.

Thanks so much in advance for your time and help!

Best regards,  
Rahul