Topic
API Gateway Boundaries
Where consolidation helps and where it creates organizational coupling.
Gateway decisions are boundary decisions first and routing decisions second.
Prerequisites
Why this topic matters
This topic gives engineers a way to think about API mediation without collapsing every concern into a single choke point.
Primary article
API Gateways and the Cost of Centralized Convenience
A more honest framework for deciding where shared edge logic improves architecture and where it fossilizes it.
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Diagram preview
Gateway as policy boundary
Step 01
Clients
Step 02
Gateway policies
Step 03
Domain services
Step 04
Ownership seams
Why it is here
Distinguishes shared concerns from domain concerns before the gateway becomes an accidental platform.