Name: Journey at the New York Times: Is Sidecar-Less Service Mesh Disappearing Into Infrastructure? - Lin Sun, Solo.io & Ahmed Bebars, The New York Times
Start: 2025-04-03T11:45:00+0100
End: 2025-04-03T12:15:00+0100

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1-4 April 2025
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Thursday April 3, 2025 11:45 - 12:15 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room E

At The New York Times, we manage a multi-tenant Kubernetes architecture across diverse regions, leveraging projects like Istio, OPA, and Karpenter. With Istio ambient mode now generally available, we’re exploring whether it’s time to eliminate sidecars in our production environment and allow the service mesh to integrate seamlessly into our infrastructure for multiple teams.

In this talk, we’ll take you through our journey of collaborating with the Istio and cloud-native community to build a sidecar-less architecture from scratch, utilizing the broader cloud-native stack we already have. We’ll share the technical challenges we encountered, practical tips for adopting Istio ambient mode, and the tangible benefits we’ve realized along the way. Join us to discover how we’re reshaping our cloud-native architecture for simplicity and efficiency.

Speakers

Ahmed Bebars

Principal Engineer, The New York Times

As a Principal Engineer on the Developer Platforms mission at The New York Times, I specialize in Cloud Infrastructure technologies, focusing on developing robust and scalable Kubernetes-based solutions. My primary focus is crafting a secure runtime environment that empowers service... Read More →

Lin Sun

CNCF TOC member and Head of Open-Source, solo.io

Lin is the Head of Open Source at Solo.io, and a CNCF TOC member and ambassador. She has worked on the Istio service mesh since the beginning of the project in 2017 and serves on the Istio Steering Committee and Technical Oversight Committee. Previously, she was a Senior Technical... Read More →

Thursday April 3, 2025 11:45 - 12:15 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room E

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