How H-E-B Curbside Adopted Linkerd During a Pandemic

Discover how H-E-B Curbside adopted Linkerd during the COVID-19 pandemic in this 20-minute conference talk from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2021. Learn about the challenges faced by the top-rated grocery retailer as they accelerated their migration to Kubernetes and implemented new services to meet increased demand. Explore how the H-E-B Digital Fulfillment team leveraged Linkerd metrics to secure, scale, and monitor their microservices applications, ensuring reliable fulfillment capabilities. Gain insights into their journey, including the use of chaos engineering, overcoming challenges, and building confidence in rolling out new services. Understand the benefits and limitations of adopting new tools like Linkerd, and how they contributed to H-E-B's success in delivering high-quality service during a critical time.

Intro
Agenda
About HEB
Challenges
Priorities
Timeline
Chaos Engineering
Challenges Ahead
Learning New Tools
Not For Everyone
Hidden Gems
Production
Service Profiles
New Tools
Build Confidence
Recap
Outro