10 Things You Hate About Your API Gateway
summary
Covers concrete configs and tradeoffs: YAML gateway rules that offload auth to Auth0, a demo rate limit of 3 requests per 60s, URL rewrites and custom 418 error pages, Kong’s install complexity and Cassandra dependency plus the Kong PDK for plugins, cloud (AWS) vs deployable vs hybrid deployment patterns, measured latency in the hundreds of milliseconds, the multi‑gateway reality after acquisitions, and a Salt Security stat showing 94% of production APIs face security incidents.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction and setup
- 4:01Giveaway and speaker intro
- 6:54Why API gateways matter
- 12:34What is an API Gateway
- 17:04Types of API gateways
- 20:56Building your own gateway
- 23:27Deployable gateway challenges
- 26:54Cloud vs hybrid gateways
- 30:42Security and troubleshooting
- 32:52Convincing management
- 35:00Finding the right fit
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