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This post is a writeup of a talk I gave last month at KubeCon EU 2020. Introduction In mid-2019, the Linkerd project’s continuous integration (CI) took 45 minutes, all tests were serialized on a single Kubernetes cluster, and multi-hour backups were common. A migration onto one-off Kubernetes in …

It might be virtual but this year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2020 Virtual is just as jam-packed with Linkerd content as usual. So if you’re attending the event, be sure and check out these sessions and participate in the online conversation during and afterwards. Kubecon Project Update …

As the creators of Linkerd, Buoyant has been, for several years now, in the unique position of helping organizations around the globe adopt the service mesh. From the early days before “service mesh” was even a term, to the latest multi-cluster Kubernetes-based adoption, we’ve seen Linkerd usage …

At the Camp Cloud Native virtual event on June 24, I had the opportunity to talk about how Linkerd 2.8 implements multi-cluster support simply and securely for anyone who needs services to operate reliability across pods, availability zones, or regions. Running multiple production Kubernetes …

This week, the O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference in New York invited us to work with a hardcore group of architects and engineers who are eager to learn about service mesh and how Linkerd fits into their infrastructure. This workshop follows hot on the heels of our ServiceMeshCon workshop …

KubeCon has quickly become one of the most attended events in our industry, and for good reason: we want to learn about the technologies that are shaping the future of our work. This year in San Diego, Buoyant had the privilege of hosting the Linkerd in Production workshop with our partner Digital …

Today we’re thrilled to unveil the private beta of Dive, our SaaS “team control plane” for platform teams operating Kubernetes. Dive is built by the same team that created Linkerd. And just as Linkerd gives your infrastructure mission-critical reliability, security, and observability features, Dive …

This year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America in San Diego is chock full of Linkerd content, from talks to workshops to booths. Many of your friendly neighborhood Linkerd maintainers, contributors, and adopters will be there in person—if you’re attending, please come find us. We’d love to meet …

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU This year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU in Barcelona is chock full of Linkerd content, from training to booths to the 10+ Linkerd talks! Many of your friendly neighborhood Linkerd maintainers, contributors, and adopters will be there in person – if you’re attending, …

Happy pi day! The past few months have been a high point for Linkerd. Momentum has never been stronger, with adopters and contributors flocking to the project every day. Many of the newest adopters tell us that they arrived at Linkerd for a simple reason—it was simpler, lighter, and faster than …