Solomon Covers:
- Why he built Docker in his mom's Paris Basement
- Why Kubernetes is necessary but not sufficient to meet the needs of app developers
- Why Software Factories matter
- AI is just another workload, SW factories more important than ever
Was Docker a huge success or a huge missed opportunity? Or a little of both? Former Docker VP Eng Sam Alba takes a surprisingly honest look back at what they did right and wrong...
CNCF TOC Chair Liz Rice argues Services Meshes are far too complicated, mainly because of Sidecars. eBPF is starting to replace sidecars in the most advanced infrastructures.
My take is that eBPF is such a powerful technology that it holds the potential to fundamentally change how Networking, Observability and Security are delivered. Just like Virtualization and now Containers/Kubernetes challenged an entire industry focused on big servers, the ability to safely embed programs into the Linux Kernel w/ eBPF challenges every incumbent. We're seeing every incumbent vendor look hard at the technology and make build vs. buy calculations. New Relic probably compared acquiring Pixie this early to either building internally or waiting to see how things developed for both the market and Pixie. I'm guessing they made a bet that the longer they waited the more expensive it would be to buy an eBPF based company. It was a good fit so they pulled the trigger, de-risking things for both themselves and the Pixie team (Note I have no inside info this is all just a guess).
TLDR: Trust me, you don't really want a free stable RHEL clone, you want a beta version of RHEL. Oh and BTW if you do want that, we'll happily sell it to you.