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What Exactly Does a Service Mesh Do?

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In this Kongcast episode, Scott Lowe, principal field engineer at Kong, takes us back to basics by answering what a service mesh does and when to use a service mesh, among other common mesh-related questions.

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Hosted by Viktor Gamov and Kaitlyn Barnard, we interview software developers and technology leaders at the top of their game every other week. We'll also give you the tools, tactics and strategies you need to take your distributed architectures to the next level. Kongcast goes beyond the buzzwords and dissects real-life applications and success stories so that you can tackle your biggest connectivity challenges.

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