Matt Klein

About:

Matt Klein is a software engineer and CTO of bitdrift, known for creating Envoy and expertise in systems and networking.

Website:

mattklein123.dev

Specializations:

Software engineer CTO of bitdrift Creator of Envoy Data Scientist

Interests:

Operating systems Virtualization Distributed systems Networking Making systems easy to operate

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2024-04-24 •

The text discusses the lack of focus on mobile observability despite its importance in ensuring reliable customer experiences. It explains the challenges of mobile development and why mobile observability is difficult. The author ...

2024-04-17 •

The post discusses a new approach to observability, focusing on storing nothing by default but having access to any telemetry on the fly. It explores the impact of high volumes of telemetry data on cost, performance, and debugging...

2024-04-10 •

The text discusses the idea of not sending telemetry data by default and the potential benefits of this approach. It breaks down the reasons for emitting telemetry and explores the concept of real-time control and local storage of...

2024-04-03 •

The text discusses the high costs of observability in modern organizations, the history of observability, and the root cause of the current cost crisis. It also offers a new way to think about observability costs and pricing model...

2023-06-12 •

The author announces the start of a new company named bitdrift, after spending 8 years at Lyft and developing a new business unit. The company is starting with a team of 9, including 6 members from Lyft, and is currently in stealt...

2021-09-14 •

The text is a prehistory and history of the project Envoy Proxy, which was open sourced 5 years ago. The author shares his journey with distributed system networking and the development of the project. It also discusses the creati...

2020-03-15 •

The author discusses the current state of Envoy Proxy control planes, highlighting the challenges faced by organizations deploying Envoy-based service mesh and API gateway solutions. The text emphasizes the differences between gre...

2020-03-08 •

The author started offering open office hours at Lyft and was surprised by the positive response. They have found the conversations to be engaging and useful, and believe it is important for senior non-managers to make themselves ...

2020-03-08 •

The author discusses the creation of their new personal website, detailing the technical aspects and tools used. They express amazement at the progress in web development since the 90s and outline plans for future additions to the...