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Building Resilient API Gateways with Envoy Proxy: A Practical Implementation Guide

A hands-on guide to deploying Envoy Proxy as a production API gateway, covering circuit breakers, retries, rate limiting, and health checking patterns that keep your microservices alive under pressure.

September 13, 2026 · 11 min · 2253 words · martinuke0
Network topology with redundant request paths illustrating hedged request architecture

Architecting Hedged Requests for Resilient Low-Latency Distributed Systems

Hedged requests combat tail latency by issuing duplicate RPC calls when initial requests stall. This post explores the architecture, trade-offs, and production patterns behind this critical technique for resilient low-latency systems.

September 10, 2026 · 8 min · 1646 words · martinuke0
Kong Gateway architecture diagram showing rate limiting and request transformation flows

Mastering Kong Gateway: Advanced Rate Limiting and Request Transformation Patterns

A deep dive into Kong Gateway’s rate limiting and request transformation capabilities, covering sliding windows, distributed rate limiting, header manipulation, and production-grade patterns for building resilient APIs.

September 9, 2026 · 9 min · 1705 words · martinuke0
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Mastering Apache Pulsar Functions for Event-Driven Microservices at Scale

Discover how Apache Pulsar Functions enable developers to process streaming data and build event-driven microservices at scale without the overhead of external frameworks.

September 7, 2026 · 2 min · 411 words · martinuke0
Abstract diagram of a service scaffolding platform with multiple microservices branching from a shared template repository.

Inside TikTok's HarnessDev: How They Made Scaffolding for Microservices Scale to 6,000+ Services

TikTok’s HarnessDev turns microservice scaffolding into a versioned, policy-aware platform. Here’s what it does, why it matters, and what platform teams can borrow from it.

September 5, 2026 · 10 min · 2001 words · martinuke0
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