Istio vs Linkerd

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Istio is the most-featured service mesh. Linkerd is the lightweight Rust-based service mesh. Istio wins for feature breadth (WASM, Envoy); Linkerd wins for operational simplicity. Pick Istio for complex enterprise meshes; pick Linkerd for Kubernetes-first teams that want the smallest possible service mesh.