Systems | Development | Analytics | API | Testing

We’re excited to announce the beta support for Mesh Manager in the Konnect Terraform Provider — a new tool that brings the power of infrastructure-as-code to Kong’s Service Mesh management platform. This provider enables engineering teams to declaratively manage Konnect Mesh resources using HashiCorp Terraform.

We're happy to announce the 3.5 release of Kong Ingress Controller (KIC). This release includes the graduation of combined services to General Availability, support for connection draining, as well as the start of deprecating support for some Ingress types as we help move customers to the Kubernetes Gateway API. Let’s get into more details about these!

Are you still running Node.js 12, 14, or even older versions in production? If so, you’re facing a serious challenge: these versions have reached End-of-Life (EOL) and no longer receive official updates or security patches. For many organizations, especially those operating on legacy environments like RHEL 7 or Ubuntu 18.04, upgrading to the latest Node.js version isn’t always feasible.

Error handling might not be the most exciting aspect of web development, but it's arguably one of the most critical. When building Express applications, how you manage errors can make the difference between a robust, production-ready system and one that crumbles under real-world conditions. In this article, we'll examine Express' default error handling behavior and learn how to customize it for different scenarios.

In this post, we'll explore two advanced JIT compilers for Ruby: TruffleRuby and JRuby, looking at their benefits and drawbacks. We'll also briefly touch on the recently announced ZJIT compiler. But before we get started, let's define JIT compilation.

Historically, software development clearly separated business and IT roles. Business teams defined the business requirements, while IT teams built digital experiences (e.g., customer-facing applications) based on these requirements. There was a continuous feedback loop where business teams reviewed and provided feedback, and IT teams made necessary changes until the digital experience was public-ready.

Thinking about enabling OPcache Preloading to squeeze more performance out of your PHP application? It’s an advanced feature with very specific benefits — and in most cases, you likely won’t notice a difference. In this post, we’ll explain what OPcache Preloading is, how to set it up, and when (or if) it makes a measurable impact.

APIs are critical for connecting modern systems, but building them manually is slow and complex. This is where automated API generation platforms have become so appealing. By replacing tedious, manual coding with streamlined workflows, these platforms can take vast and complex data sources and turn them into secure, manageable APIs almost instantly. The result: faster innovation, tighter security, and much lower operating overhead.

As product cycles shrink and digital expectations rise, automation has become essential to streamlining development workflows, reducing manual errors, and enhancing delivery velocity. Software development in 2025 is no longer just about writing clean code; it's about building intelligent, scalable systems at speed.

Why can’t secure software development be an afterthought? In 2024 alone, the average cost of a data breach soared to $4.45 million, a stark reminder that building software without security at its core is no longer an option (IBM). From fintech platforms handling sensitive financial data to healthcare apps governed by HIPAA and GDPR, secure software development is now a business-critical priority, not just a checkbox for compliance. ‍