API Gateways and Reverse Proxies Explained
Compare Kong, APISIX, Tyk and more, then build live: put Caddy/Kong in front of two services with rate limiting.
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What this session would cover
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- 1The real problem: rate limits, auth and routing duplicated in every service
- 2The tool landscape: Kong, APISIX, Tyk, Apigee, Azure APIM, NGINX, HAProxy, Caddy, Traefik — what each is for and where they overlap
- 3How to choose: team size, integrations, where your data lives, and today's pricing and availability (checked live, not from memory)
- 4Live practical task: Put Caddy/Kong in front of two services with rate limiting
- 5Build the reusable output together: Gateway config template
- 6When you don't need a new tool at all, then live Q&A on your own setup
Who it's for
- • Students and developers who want hands-on practice with real tools
You'd leave with
- Gateway config template
- A shortlist of 2–3 options from Kong, APISIX, Tyk, Apigee and others, with the criteria to pick one
- Hands-on practice: put Caddy/Kong in front of two services with rate limiting
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