Liz Rice

Unravel the mysteries of eBPF with special guest Liz Rice. Explore its powerful potential, programming options, and widespread adoption. Trace the evolution of packet filtering and discover its impact on observability and performance. Did you know that eBPF is now considered Turing complete? Tune in to learn more!

Liz Rice, Founder and CTO of Isovalent, shares her expertise on eBPF and its transformative impact on observability and security. Mario Macías, an Engineer at Grafana Labs, discusses tools like Grafana Beyla, showcasing eBPF's performance advantages. The duo explores the evolution of technologies like Tetragon, highlighting the humor in naming challenges. They also tackle eBPF integration on Windows, its expanding potential, and the importance of effective telemetry across varied programming languages, making observability not just advanced, but truly awesome!

Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer at Isovalent and a leading voice in the cloud-native community, delves into the revolutionary eBPF technology and its implementation in the Cilium project. She discusses Isovalent's acquisition by Cisco and how eBPF enhances security and observability in containerized environments. The conversation covers Tetragon's role in bolstering Kubernetes security and the importance of community in kernel development. Liz also explores educational initiatives and involvement opportunities for the Cilium community, including the Certified Cilium Associate Exam.