About

Unknown — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

So far, what you'll find here is produced by Flynn, who was a deep generalist before the term existed and has worked in computing since 1983. He's pretty much run the gamut from the kernel up through distributed applications (with a common thread of communications and security throughout) as well as working roles from solo coder up through Silicon Valley VP.

Since 2022, he's been a tech evangelist at Buoyant, educating developers about Linkerd, Kubernetes, and cloud-native development in general. He's a coauthor of Linkerd: Up and Running</a> from O'Reilly, a chair of the CNCF AI Gateway Working Group, a co-lead of Gateway API for mesh, and the original author and longest-serving maintainer of the Emissary-ingress API gateway.

He is most easily found as @flynn on the CNCF or Linkerd Slacks.

"AI" is a Terrible Name

Unknown — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Finkle-McGraw brightened a bit. "You know, when I was a lad they called it A.I. Artificial intelligence."

Hackworth allowed himself a tight, narrow, and brief smile. "Well, there's something to be said for cheekiness, I suppose."

-- Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age, 1995

On Shipping Software

Unknown — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

There are two kinds of software: software that ships, and software that's irrelevant.

On Scaling Nodes and Startup Races

Unknown — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

What really happens when all your nodes die?

The Comment Manifesto

Unknown — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

If this code ships and your comments aren't in it, you'll regret it -- maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life.