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Simplifying Authentication for Microservices Security | Jeff Taylor | Okta | Episode 10

Still trying to add auth to each microservice's code? According to Jeff Taylor, Senior Product Manager at @OktaDev there’s an easier way! In this Kongcast, Jeff tells and shows us how to speed up microservices security and take the burden off developers by managing auth with an API gateway.

Why Mulesoft May Not Be Right For You

Mulesoft is often considered one of the leading names in data integration. It has a wide range of features that allow companies to integrate their applications, run analytics, and automate business processes. However, before you consider Mulesoft for your company’s needs, here are some reasons why Mulesoft may not be right for you.

Increase Developer Confidence with Microservices and API Test Automation

In a recently posted article on DZone, “Microservices: Good for Developers’ Mental Health,” Sauce Labs engineer, Simone Pezzano, addresses the link between developer confidence and mental health in today’s new workplace. Pezzano tells the story of his team’s bumpy start on their journey from monolith to microservices. Initially, Pezzano viewed microservices as a scary concept with rapid release cycles and shorter testing times.

Feature Spotlight: Centralized Log Collection

Speedscale is proud to announce its Centralized Log Collection capability. When diagnosing the source of problems in your API, more information is better. For most engineers, the diagnosis process usually starts with the application logs. Unfortunately, logs are usually either discarded or stored in Observability systems that engineers don’t have direct access to. Compounding this issue is that the log information is typically not correlated to what calls were made against the API.

Top 10 Insights on the State of Code Review

SmartBear recently released its State of Software Quality | Code Review 2021 report. The report highlights the industry trends and findings based off a survey of close to 800 respondents from the coding industry. While many interesting discoveries were shared, we’ve narrowed down and examined the top ten insights from the 2021 report.

American Airlines Dev Experience Takes Off With Service Mesh

Kubernetes is hard. Last year, we started the developer experience product at American Airlines. As we transitioned into the later half of 2020 and into 2021, we wanted to tackle Kubernetes app deployments. We aimed to make it easy for the users to do the right things, no matter how difficult those tasks were. Through our Kubernetes journey, we created reproducible patterns for application teams to use to make things even easier.

How To Choose the Right API Business Model

The API economy is growing rapidly. According to research by Coleman Parkes enterprises were twice as likely as their peers to be confident they are differentiating themselves by using Application Programming Interfaces. The same report showed that companies with advanced API management processes experience up to 47 percent better business results than those with basic API management.