Why Service Mesh Maturity Is Critical to Kubernetes Success | AppDevANGLE
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This video features an insightful conversation between Paul Nashawaty, the AppDev Practice Lead at theCUBE Research, and William Morgan, CEO and co-founder of Buoyant, the creators of Linkerd. They discuss the growing adoption of service mesh technology in enterprise Kubernetes environments, projecting 70% usage by 2026 up from less than 20% in 2022. William explains how Linkerd, the first service mesh and a CNCF graduate project, focuses on simplicity, reliability, security, and observability to help organizations scale Kubernetes for mission-critical applications. They emphasize the importance of operational simplicity to overcome the perceived complexity of service meshes, highlighting Linkerd’s lightweight Rust-built micro-proxy. The conversation covers advances like multi-cluster communication, mesh expansion to support Windows and Linux VMs, and GitOps workflows that are driving mainstream enterprise adoption. They also discuss how the maturity of Kubernetes and evolving workloads like AI and LLMs influence service mesh relevance. William directs viewers to buoyant.io for resources, self-paced courses, and enterprise distribution to get started. The video concludes with Paul encouraging viewers to explore service mesh technology as a crucial enabler for modern cloud-native application development.