Day Two Cloud 154: Can eBPF Replace Sidecar Proxies?

Today’s Day Two Cloud turns the nerd knob to eleven as we delve into kernels, eBPF, sidecar proxies, and more. If you’re an old-school engineer used to working with load balancers and proxies, this show looks at new ways to do application delivery. Our guest is William Morgan, CEO at Buoyant and a creator of the Linkerd service mesh. This episode was spurred by a blog post William wrote. We discuss: * Use cases for service meshes in Kubernetes * What eBPF is and how it works * Why you might want to use eBPF instead of a sidecar proxy * eBPF attack surface and guardrails * Practical use cases * More Show Links: eBPF, sidecars, and the future of the service mesh – Bouyant blog @wm  – William Morgan on Twitter William Morgan on LinkedIn Heavy Networking 614: eBPF, Cloud-Native Networking, And Other Modern Networking Trends – Packet Pushers Full Stack Journey 061: Linux Networking And Observability With eBPF And Cilium – Packet Pushers

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Join hosts Ned Bellavance and Kyler Middleton as they dive deep into the challenges of DevOps from the perspective of seasoned practitioners. You'll hear from expert guests—technical leaders, trainers, and consultants with years of hands-on experience—discussing the nuances of DevOps. From AWS to Azure, networking to security, automation to modern cloud environments, each weekly episode equips you with the insights to confidently address tech and business challenges such as resilience, cost management, and performance. Whether you want to hone your skills today or prepare for what’s coming next, Day Two DevOps cuts through the vendor fog to guide you through a shifting IT landscape.