Flynn is a technology evangelist at Buoyant, working on spreading the good word about Linkerd - the graduated CNCF service mesh that makes the fundamental tools for software security and reliability freely available to every engineer - and about Kubernetes and cloud-native development in general. Flynn is also the original author and a maintainer of the Emissary-ingress API gateway, also a CNCF project.
Cost-Effective Reliability: Making Sense of Multi-Zone Kubernetes
Look around the ‘net and you’re likely to see Kubernetes operators worrying about how to keep their applications up even in the face of failures but also worrying about the cost of ...
Sidecars or Sharing: A Practical Guide to Selecting Your Service Mesh
Over the last year or so, we’ve seen a lot of confusion about “sidecars or sidecarless” in the context of service meshes. This architectural choice turns out to be very important – ...
The Hidden Costs of Cloud-Native Open Source
Optimal open source use in the cloud-native stack means planning for the tradeoff expenses that can crop up ...
Zero-Trust Kubernetes and the Service Mesh
If you’re doing security in Kubernetes, chances are good that you’ve at least heard of zero-trust. You’ve probably been asked to deploy it or at least to think about how to deploy ...
