You know a technology is growing in popularity when people start porting their favorite game to it. eBPF has just hit two big milestones with both snake and DOOM
moving into the kernel. These projects are not only just playful demonstrations; they showcase the versatility and power of eBPF in executing complex tasks within the kernel. As more developers explore the capabilities (and limitations) of eBPF, the technology itself is also pushed to progress.
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24th September 2024
You know a technology is growing in popularity when people start porting their favorite game to it. eBPF has just hit two big milestones with both snake and DOOM
moving into the kernel. These projects are not only just playful demonstrations; they showcase the versatility and power of eBPF in executing complex tasks within the kernel. As more developers explore the capabilities (and limitations) of eBPF, the technology itself is also pushed to progress.
The DOOM port was presented at Linux Plumbers Conference last week and is a perfect example of this co-evolution from experimentation with games. Check out the recording for all of the details, but in it the author discusses which problems they ran into, what they could do to overcome them, and changes that could be contributed back to upstream - exactly how any open source technology evolves to meet end user demands. Being Turning Complete or running DOOM aren't what companies are trying to do with eBPF, but they both do help both showcase the power of the technology and inspire more people to get involved in the innovation. What game would you like to see on eBPF next? I've got a game of DOOM to win so let’s 🐝 -gin.
I missed calling out this great conference in the last newsletter so let me highlight it now and tell you to go check out the presentations and recordings
As always, if you’ve seen a blog post, a tool, or anything else eBPF or Cilium related that you think the rest of the community should hear about, send them my way. You can either hit reply or join the #echo-news channel on Cilium Slack. You can also find all of the past episodes on the website.
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