What is Service Mesh?
Infrastructure layer of sidecar proxies handling mTLS, load balancing, and observability.
Why It Matters
Service Mesh appears in production engineering decisions around security, identity, reliability, and platform operations. Understanding the term helps you read architecture diagrams, debug incidents, and choose safer defaults.
When you see Service Mesh in a course, article, architecture review, or incident write-up, connect it to the system boundary it protects, the team that owns it, and the failure mode it is meant to reduce.
Where to Learn Next
Continue with free CodersSecret courses, operational cheatsheets, or deep technical articles for implementation-level examples.