The Crucial Role of Rate Limiting in API Health and Infrastructure Reliability

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The chapter emphasizes the significance of rate limiting in maintaining the health of applications and preventing cascading failures within the system. It also discusses the importance of combining rate limiting with governance to prioritize critical services during system overload. Additionally, the chapter explores the use cases of analytics in API gateways, highlighting how analytics provide insights into customer behavior, transaction volumes, and overall operational efficiency while ensuring infrastructure health and guiding strategic decisions.

Kong is a software company that provides open-source platforms and cloud services for managing, monitoring, and scaling APIs and microservices.

Marco Palladino is the CTO of Kong, and he joins the podcast to talk about the platform and APIs as the building blocks of the digital world.

This episode is hosted by Lee Atchison. Lee Atchison is a software architect, author, and thought leader on cloud computing and application modernization. His best-selling book, Architecting for Scale (O’Reilly Media), is an essential resource for technical teams looking to maintain high availability and manage risk in their cloud environments.

Lee is the host of his podcast, Modern Digital Business, an engaging and informative podcast produced for people looking to build and grow their digital business with the help of modern applications and processes developed for today’s fast-moving business environment. Listen at mdb.fm. Follow Lee at softwarearchitectureinsights.com, and see all his content at leeatchison.com.

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