What is eBPF

A gentle warm-up that explains what eBPF does where it came from why companies rely on it and how the architecture fits together.

Introduction

Plain language snapshot of eBPF as tiny programs running safely in the Linux kernel.

History of eBPF

Journey from classic BPF in the nineties to the modern 64-bit virtual machine.

eBPF in the Real World

Short case studies of Netflix Meta Cloudflare and more.

Why eBPF?

Key benefits such as speed safety live updates observability and portability.

eBPF Architecture

High level flow loader to verifier to JIT with maps and helpers alongside.