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This blog was co-created by Ricardo Ferreira (Elastic) and Viktor Gamov (Kong). We love our microservices, but without a proper observability (O11y) strategy, they can quickly become cold, dark places cluttered with broken or unknown features. O11y is one of those technologies deemed created by…
In this episode of Kongcast , I spoke with Chinmay Gaikwad , the tech evangelist at Epsagon , about distributed tracing and observability for microservices architectures. Check out the transcript and video from our conversation below, and be sure to subscribe to get email alerts for the latest new…
Service Mesh is an infrastructure layer that has become a common architectural pattern for intra-service transparent communication. By combining Kubernetes a container orchestration framework, you can form a powerful platform for your microservices cluster, addressing the typical technical…
In our last blog post , we discussed the evolution of APIs from early computing to the PC era. In this post, we'll discuss the evolution of APIs in the early internet age. Along the way, we'll touch upon associated core technologies such as eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and discuss the…
To work and live in today's digital world, we are unquestionably dependent on interconnected applications . These applications might be massive and highly complex, but they're also constructed from reusable building blocks, which we call an Application Programming Interface—the API. API adoption is…
In this episode of Kongcast , I had the pleasure of speaking with Aaron Weikle , the founder and CEO at MS3 , about supporting legacy-based applications as companies add the next generation of microservices. Check out the transcript and video from our conversation below, and be sure to subscribe A…
This post highlights how you could use Kong Gateway to implement a solution for the Australian Consumer Data Standards (CDS) , which is part of the Consumer Data Right legislation introduced by the Australian Government in November 2017. As detailed on the Australian ACCC website: CDR will give…
There are good reasons for spreading workloads and applications across multiple clouds. Options include using a combination of public and on-premises cloud platforms, a strategy known as hybrid cloud—or using more than one public cloud provider, a strategy known as multi-cloud. What are those…
Changing the technology an organization works with is a bit like taking up a new sport. Your initial excitement leads you to buy the most expensive equipment you can find, leaving you soon to realize that your new tools have created a steep learning curve. Transitioning out of monolithic…
In this episode of Kongcast , I had the pleasure of speaking with Ben Greenberg , the developer advocate at Orbit.Love , about building better engineering communities and focusing on the outcomes rather than technology. At the end, he shows us how he leveraged GitHub Actions to create a…
In part 1 of this series on Kubernetes , we discussed how companies like VMware offer the necessary tools to launch, monitor, create and destroy virtual machines. In this post, we review how - much like virtual machines - containers need to be created, monitored, destroyed and relaunched to account…
In the last blog post , we discussed the need for both speed and quality for your API delivery and how APIOps can help achieve both. In this part of our blog post series, we'll walk through what the API lifecycle looks like when following APIOps. We're still following the best practice we've…
Today, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and microservices are the de-facto standard for building and connecting modern applications. APIs are no longer just a delivery mechanism but have become the product itself . API lifecycle management refers to the comprehensive, step-by-step process…
In this three-part blog series, we examine the critical role Kubernetes plays in shaping the future of infrastructure, including the rise of containers and Kubernetes . This post, the first in the series, covers Next-Generation Application Development. The second covers the Next Frontier: Container…
In this episode of Kongcast , I had the pleasure of speaking with Viktor Farcic , developer advocate at Upbound , about why empowering developers to manage the full application lifecycle helps app development teams increase efficiency. Check out the transcript and video from our conversation below,…
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