Sidecarless Service Meshes: Are They Ready for Prime Time?
Service meshes have become a cornerstone in the architecture of modern microservices, providing a dedicated infrastructure layer to manage service-to-service communication. Traditionally, service meshes have relied on sidecar proxies to handle tasks such as load balancing, traffic routing, and security enforcement. However, the emergence of sidecarless service meshes has introduced a new paradigm, promising to…