The Origins and Evolution of Envoy Proxy

This chapter explores the journey of creating Envoy, a revolutionary open-source proxy, by the guest Matt Klein, tracing back from its inception at Lyft to its widespread adoption in cloud networks. It delves into the challenges faced by companies transitioning to microservices, the unique features that set Envoy apart, and the key decisions behind its development in C++. The conversation highlights Envoy's success as an edge proxy, API gateway, and its growth in replacing traditional proxies like Nginx and HAProxy.