The document discusses service mesh and compares different service mesh solutions. It defines service mesh as providing a language-neutral standard attachment to application containers, enabling configuration of policies without redeploying applications, and separating application and attachment concerns. It compares key service mesh players like Envoy, Istio, Linkerd, Consul Connect, AWS App Mesh, Kong Kuma, and the Service Mesh Interface project. The document provides overviews of each solution's origins, architecture, and value propositions.