eBPF for Developers: Observability Without Overhead

eBPF Observability Platform Engineering Software Engineering
By Aditya Krishnan
July 8, 2025
  • eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter) is a revolutionary technology that allows executing sandboxed programs within the Linux kernel, providing unprecedented access to low-level system events with minimal performance impact.
  • This talk explores the inner workings of eBPF and demonstrates how it can significantly improve observability, performance tuning, and security in real-world scenarios.
  • Practical demonstrations using a Minikube environment compare eBPF-powered load balancers with traditional ones, highlighting the differences in throughput, latency, and packet visibility.
  • The session covers tools like bpftrace, bcc, and libbpf, which simplify the development and use of eBPF programs, making it accessible for DevOps engineers, platform SREs, and backend developers.
  • Aditya Krishnan, a Software Engineer at Baton Systems, shares his expertise in backend development, cloud-native infrastructure, and DevOps methodologies, emphasizing the potential of eBPF in revolutionizing the way developers understand and manage production systems.
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