API Gateway in a Nutshell
summary
Claims that API gateways reduce global latency and bundle cross‑cutting concerns; demoed an AWS API Gateway + Lambda setup deployed with Serverless framework in ~25 lines, an on‑prem Kong + Konga dashboard, and an Ocelot (.NET) gateway. Shows tradeoffs: cloud gateways ease scaling but add lock‑in and compliance issues; vendor and pluggable gateways avoid cloud data egress but need extra ops. Cites Netflix case shrinking page payloads from ~10 MB to 200 KB and latency examples dropping 165 ms to ~65 ms.
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