How to Design a Scalable Rate Limiting Algorithm
Rate limiting protects your APIs from inadvertent or malicious overuse by limiting how often each user can call the API. Without rate limiting, each user may make a request as…
Category: Engineering
Building Kong Clusters in AWS with the Terraform API Gateway Module
We created the Terraform API gateway module to help you follow DevOps best practices while implementing Kong using infrastructure as code (IaC). Terraform is an open source tool that allows…
The Importance of Zero-Trust Security When Making the Microservices Move
Transitioning to microservices has many advantages for teams building large applications that must accelerate the pace of innovation, deployments and time to market. It also provides them the opportunity to…
Service Connectivity Isn’t Your Job, But it’s Still Your Problem
As a developer, your company hired you to build incredible products that focus on your users’ and customers’ needs. Yet, in the age of microservices, producing the best products relies…
How Checkr Built a Hybrid API Management System With Kong Gateway
This article was written by Ivan Rylach, a staff software engineer from Checkr. Checkr is the leading technology company in the background check industry. The company was moving to a…
2021 Predictions: 5 Technology Trends in the Year Ahead
In 2020, the acceleration of digital transformation quickly emerged as a top priority for many organizations as they grappled with the business impacts of an unexpected pandemic and raced to…