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title: "Discussion on \"Linkerd Explained: The Service Mesh That Stays Out of Your Way\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Linkerd Explained: The Service Mesh That Stays Out of Your Way\". A practitioner's guide to Linkerd: what makes its Rust-based micro-proxy different, when it outperforms Istio, and how to run it in production."
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# [Linkerd Explained: The Service Mesh That Stays Out of Your Way](https://todea.hashnode.dev/linkerd-explained-the-service-mesh-that-stays-out-of-your-way?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A practitioner's guide to Linkerd: what makes its Rust-based micro-proxy different, when it outperforms Istio, and how to run it in production.

Jul 14 · 6 min read · todea.hashnode.dev  
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