vtprotobuf is an alternative protobuf compiler that generates highly optimized unmarshalling code. It is an iteration on the widely used but now deprecated https://github.com/gogo/protobuf.

Investigate using the protoc-gen-go-vtproto protoc plugin to generate the code for both the client and server implementations in https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-shipper-client.

The outcome of this issue should be a proof of concept demonstrating that we can generate the gRPC code for the shipper using protoc-gen-go-vtproto with a measurable performance improvement over the standard protobuf compiler.

Note: We do not need to use vtprotobuf specifically if there is a better suited alternative that accomplishes the same goal of significantly improving the performance of generated code vs out of the box protoc.