A practical guide to API observability with distributed tracing—OpenTelemetry, W3C Trace Context, sampling, correlation, and cost control you can operate.
Compare Kong Gateway and Amazon API Gateway across features, performance, cost, security, and ops to choose the right API platform.
A practical guide to soft delete in REST APIs: models, endpoints, filtering, restore, cascades, auditing, and pitfalls—plus SQL and HTTP examples.
Learn how the API circuit breaker pattern prevents cascading failures, with design choices, observability, and code examples in Java, .NET, Node.js, and Python.
A practical guide to synchronous and asynchronous microservice communication patterns, trade-offs, and implementation tips for resilient APIs.
A practical guide to consumer-driven contract testing: how it works, why it matters, and how to implement it with CI/CD to ship APIs faster without breaks.
