API Gateway

Spring Cloud Gateway vs. Traefik Hub: When to Choose a Purpose-Built Gateway

August, 2025

After years of working with organizations navigating the microservices evolution, we want to set the record straight. The API gateway you choose today could save your teams' sanity or haunt your architecture for years to come. As teams break apart monoliths into distributed services, the need for reliable API gateway strategies has become critical. Yet many organizations find themselves in gateway chaos as different teams implement routing, authentication, and rate limiting in entirely differen

5 Smart API Gateway Strategies to Unlock Developer Productivity

Immánuel Fodor

API Gateway

May, 2025

How forward-thinking platform teams are transforming developer experience through modern API gateway practices

AI Gateways: The Missing Piece in Scalable & Responsible AI Inferencing

Sudeep Goswami

AI Gateway

March, 2025

Truly scalable and responsible AI inference demands two advanced enhancements: semantic caching—intelligently storing and reusing responses for similar prompts—and content guard that filters data shared with AI models as well as AI-generated content against safety and compliance standards.

Security Alert: How Attackers Can Bypass Next.js Middleware With a Single HTTP Header

José Carlos Chávez

Security

March, 2025

Recently, a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-29927) was disclosed in the popular Next.js framework, allowing attackers to circumvent middleware execution—including security checks—by leveraging an internal header.

7 Critical API Protection Strategies to Fortify Your API Security

Immánuel Fodor

Security

March, 2025

API security isn't just good practice – it's a necessity. As businesses increasingly rely on APIs to power everything from mobile applications to cloud services and IoT devices, these digital interfaces have become the new perimeter – and the new target for sophisticated attackers.

How to Size Your Traefik Hub API Gateway Instances

Nicolas Mengin

API Gateway

March, 2025

When onboarding new customers, one common question we face is about the optimal resource configuration to set for a Traefik Hub API Gateway instance. Several factors need consideration, such as the infrastructure type, traffic volume, and how Traefik Hub API Gateway will be utilized.

How to Keep Your Services Secure With Traefik’s Rate Limiting

Harold Ozouf

API Gateway

December, 2024

Rate limiting is the process of limiting the flow of requests that reach your servers. Think of it like a funnel, where a large pipe of water narrows into a smaller one, flowing at a much more manageable rate before reaching its destination.

BigBasket Modernizes Kubernetes Traffic Management with Traefik's API Gateway

Marie Ponseel

Case Studies

November, 2024

Traefik’s API Gateway has transformed BigBasket’s approach to managing Kubernetes traffic, boosting efficiency, scalability, and stability.

Deepening The Synergy: HashiCorp and Traefik Labs’ Journey Toward a Seamless Cloud-Native Stack

Emile Vauge

DevOps

October, 2024

The deep integration of HashiCorp and Traefik Labs stacks has been transformative for enterprises navigating the complexities of cloud-native environments.