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Announcing Standard Webhooks

We're pleased to announce the launch of Standard Webhooks! Kong has been part of the Technical Committee of this standard with other great companies like Svix (the initiator of the project), Ngrok, Zapier, Twillio, Lob, Mux, and Supabase. This was a year-long effort of gathering feedback, use cases, and debating about what and how to define what landed. Standard Webhooks is one initiative to standardize the way producers and consumers can have a contract to communicate.

Kong Gateway 3.5 Updates & WASM Support

We are thrilled to share with you the updates from the Kong Gateway 3.5 release! You will find a ton of new features, anchored by improvements across observability, security posture, performance, and deVx. Observability: Security: Performance: DevEx: We will also talk about the improvements in WebAssembly support in Kong Gateway 3.5. Since our initial release in 3.4, we’ve taken your feedback to heart and made various changes and improvements to both the back-end implementation of this feature and the end-user experience.

How to Secure Your PostgreSQL Database | 5 Actionable Tips

If your business deals in large volumes of data, chances are that you are at least somewhat familiar with PostgreSQL, or you may use it actively in your data management strategy. PostgreSQL is a powerful relational database system, and it is completely open source. As of 2019, PostgreSQL was the second-most-common database solution for professionals. Thirty-four percent of more than 75,000 Respondents reported that it was their first choice.

Microservices Trends: The Top 4 Trends That Will Shape Microservices Development

Microservices architecture has emerged as a popular approach for developing software applications in recent years. Instead of building monolithic applications, microservices architecture involves breaking down an application into smaller, independent services that can be developed, deployed, and scaled independently. This approach offers a number of benefits, including increased flexibility, better scalability, and improved fault tolerance.

How Your API Strategy Is Fundamental to Any Data Mesh Strategy

The data mesh approach has gained popularity over the last couple of years as organizations look for reliable ways to break down data silos. At first, data lakes looked like a good way to improve data management and make information more discoverable. Unfortunately, data lakes — and data warehouses — don’t always conform to business needs. They’re often slow and even unresponsive to queries. Potentially even worse, they can still lead to data silos.

Apigee API Gateway: Everything You Need to Know

The Apigee API Gateway is a tool that enables the management, analysis, and security of APIs. This API gateway enables organizations to optimize their digital ecosystems and deploy user-friendly products. It is particularly valuable for developers, IT professionals, and SaaS businesses interested in enhancing their API infrastructure, streamlining development workflows, and ensuring secure and seamless connectivity.

Logging API Calls in Moesif from Logstash Using the HTTP Output Plugin

One of the main value propositions of the Moesif product is the fact that it works so well with a wide variety of tools. One such tool – Logstash – is an incredibly powerful solution for managing events and logs. Understanding how to pull Logstash logs into Moesif is a critical function for any business utilizing Logstash at scale. Today, we’re going to look at how to log API calls from Logstash using the HTTP Output plugin for import into Moesif.

Secure Your APIs Now: Live Demonstration of API Security Testing | Mukund Zalke | #APITesting

In this comprehensive tutorial, Mukund Zalke demonstrates the ins and outs of API security testing, covering essential aspects that every tester and developer should be well-versed in. Mukund delves into the OWASP API Security Top 10, shedding light on critical vulnerabilities that need attention in API security. The session includes practical demonstrations of various API security vulnerabilities, offering real-world examples to deepen understanding. Mukund not only identifies potential risks but also showcases effective API security testing tools and best practices.

Choosing Billing Metrics in Apigee vs. Moesif

Perhaps the most important part of any monetization strategy is the effective selection of API billing metrics. Billing metrics form the backbone of your monetization strategy, and giving ample thought to what – and how – to monetize will pay long-term dividends both in economic terms as well as management ones. Today, we’re going to look at what API billing metrics actually are, and how they related to your long-term monetization strategy.