Abstract:
We recently replaced a proprietary API management solution with an in-house implementation built with nginx and Lua that is more robust, higher performance, and has greater visibility. Learn about our development process and the overall architecture that allowed us to write high-level code while enjoying native code performance, and how we leveraged other open source tools like Vagrant, Ansible, and OpenStack to build an automation-rich delivery pipeline. We will also take an in-depth look at our capacity management approach that differs from the rate limiting concept prevalent in the API community.
About Sean:
Sean Cribbs is a distributed systems and web architecture enthusiast, currently building innovative cloud and infrastructure software at Comcast. Previously, Sean spent five years with Basho Technologies contributing to nearly every part of Riak including client libraries, CRDTs and tools. In his free time, he has ported Basho’s Webmachine HTTP server toolkit from Erlang to Ruby, created a popular parser-generator for Erlang, and has contributed to many other open-source projects, including Chef, Homebrew, and Radiant CMS.