Istanbul is one of those crazy dynamic cities with friendly people, amazing history, great shopping and above all, a food heaven. Naturally, I was excited to be back for Java Day Istanbul conference.
I came a day early to meet with a partner and visit a customer. They had lots of questions on Kubernetes and hybrid-cloud. It was quite useful for me to hear about their challenges about moving to the cloud and propose some solutions.
The biggest benefit of conferences for me is meeting or reconnecting with people. This time, I got to meet my friends Edson and Rustam. We went to the famous steak house called Nusret where the owner is a social media sensation.
Current status: Just finished an amazing dinner with some great people – @aliok_tr, @sebi2706, @yanaga and @meteatamel. Great food, and even better company! Thanks for a great evening! It is always a pleasure! 😊👍 pic.twitter.com/ZaNdCsp8Nn
— Rustam Mehmandarov (@rmehmandarov) May 4, 2018
Java Day
Java Day is a community driven conference that happens all over Europe. I spoke in Java Day Istanbul for the first time last year about Kubernetes. This year, it was at a different venue and seemed a little bigger than last year with about 800 developers (my guess). I got to speak about Istio in the main room to a group of about 100 developers.
Mete Atamel @meteatamel, "Istio: Service Mesh" sunumuyla sahnede! #javadayistanbul pic.twitter.com/MpsggBw9t8
— Java Day Istanbul (@javadayistanbul) May 5, 2018
They also have my video talk if you want to watch.
After my talk, I had to leave immediately to catch my flight, as I went to visit my parents for a long weekend.
Questions
The questions I received about Istio were mostly about the performance overhead of Envoy and also the production readiness of Istio. I’m sure I received some other questions that I cannot think of anymore but overall, no unique question stood out.