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API DEVELOPMENT
March 3, 2025
Telepresence
Updated as of March 2025 In this article, I’ll highlight Kubernetes best practices that will help developers improve their projects’ performance, security, and costs. 1. Kubernetes best practices for configuration When it comes to configuration, many small things matter, and we need to do these things. Here are some of them:
Kubernetes API Gateway
Flynn from Buoyant & Cloud-Native Happenings In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud-native technology, APIs, Kubernetes, and service meshes, it's crucial to stay up-to-date with the latest developments and insights from experts in the field. That’s why, there’s no better time to revitalize our popular podcast, Livin’ on the Edge. We’re proud to say we’re back and better than ever! To kick off Season Three, we figured who better to bring on the show than Flynn, the Tech Evangelist from Buoyant. Flynn was one of the original creators of Emissary and a previous Ambassador Labs team member himself. As someone who’s been a part of the Emissary and Edge Stack story from the early days, his 40 year’s worth of knowledge and experience is something we can all learn from.
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Motivation Many useful Kubernetes tools, such as OpenTelemetry and Telepresence, require header propagation to function. Today, I wanted to share with you one of my favorite tools to tackle this challenge. Let's dive into gRPC and Tonic! gRPC is a remarkable communication protocol, known for its speed, versatility, and efficiency. Developed by Google, it excels in high-performance scenarios, offers support for multiple languages, simplifies development, and enhances security and scalability. With clear interface definitions and powerful features, gRPC stands as a top choice for building modern, reliable distributed systems.
Telepresence
Kubernetes is pivotal in deploying and managing containerized applications at scale, but local Kubernetes development comes with its own set of challenges. These include the complexity of creating accurate local development environments that mirror production setups, which can be time-consuming and delay testing. This tension between development speed and accuracy is crucial in local Kubernetes scenarios. For developers and teams striving to balance rapid iteration with accurate, production-like testing, local Kubernetes development proves essential. Constructing disposable development environments that reflect production setups is not only challenging but also resource-intensive. Here, local development using Kubernetes offers significant advantages. Accelerate Your Local Kubernetes Development
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You are a developer who enjoys experimenting while striving for optimal solutions. In the past, this was straightforward because your development work occurred on your own workstation. However, you now find yourself in a situation where your applications run within a container managed by a Kubernetes cluster. To implement any changes, you must first build a container and then deploy it to the cluster to have them tested. When the container malfunctions, debugging becomes challenging; you are forced to rely on log outputs or various metrics to make educated guesses about the underlying issues.
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Envoy Proxy upgrade resolving HTTP/2 Stream Cancellation Attack & CPU starvation along with Go upgrade resolving CVE-2023-39323 and CVE-2023-39325. We have released the following security updates to Emissary-ingress, Edge Stack API Gateway, and Telepresence. These updates include upgrades to the Envoy and Go dependencies to address the recently announced security vulnerabilities.
