intrinsic-ratio style=padding-bottom:42.22222222222222%><a data-skipendnotes=true href=/v1.23/blog/2024/istio-phippy/phippy_and_family.png title><img class=element-to-stretch src=/v1.23/blog/2024/istio-phippy/phippy_and_family.png alt="The Phippy and Family"></a></div><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p>Izzy not only represents the hard work and imagination of Istio’s maintainers from diverse companies, but will help us illustrate the concepts of service mesh and Istio’s new ambient mode in an easy man