Community and Extensibility - Building Envoy's Flexible Compression Subsystem

Explore the evolution of Envoy's compression subsystem in this 29-minute conference talk. Discover how HTTP compression in web proxies saves network bandwidth and speeds up transfers. Learn about the transition from limited unidirectional Gzip compression to a flexible extension subsystem, enabling new compression schemes and custom implementations. Dive into two key use cases: zero-touch bidirectional (de)compression between mobile clients and edge, and compression implementations utilizing hardware accelerators for optimized server compute. Gain insights into the cross-company, cross-continent collaboration that led to this advancement in Envoy's capabilities.