Getting better at networking

About this episode

The episode discusses the transition to IPv6 in cloud infrastructure and its benefits over IPv4.

Share Episode                     We are joined by Daan Boerlage, CTO at Mavexa as we tackle the long-awaited arrival of IPv6 in cloud infrastructure. Here, we highlight how migrating to an IPv6-native setup eliminates public/private subnet complexity and expensive NAT gateways natively. As well as entirely sidestepping the nightmare of IP collisions during VPC peering.           Beyond the financial savings of ditching IPv4 charges, we explore the technical superiority of IPv6. Daan breaks down just how mind-bogglingly large the address space is, and focuses on how it solves serverless IP exhaustion while systematically debunking the pervasive myth that NAT is a security feature. We also discuss how IPv6's end-to-end connectivity, paving the way for next-generation protocols like QUIC, HTTP/3, and WebTransport.           The episode rounds out with a cathartic venting session about legacy architecture, detailing a grueling nine-year migration away from a central shared database that ironically…

People in this episode

Hosts: Will Button, Warren Parad

Guest: Daan Boerlage

Topics covered

• IPv6
• cloud infrastructure
• networking
• serverless
• legacy architecture
• database migration

Keywords

• IPv6
• cloud infrastructure
• NAT gateways
• VPC peering
• serverless
• database migration
• SolidJS
• Salesforce

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mavexa

Products: Salesforce, SolidJS, Harder Drive

Books & works: Hilbert Map of IPv6 address space

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