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DreamFactory is a secure, self-hosted enterprise data access platform that provides governed API access to any data source, connecting enterprise applications and on-prem LLMs with role-based access and identity passthrough. During the last 10 years, microservices-based applications have benefited global enterprises by providing them with massive scalability, greater agility, more highly available systems, and improved operational efficiency.

See how easily Konnect Metering & Billing transforms API and AI traffic management into new revenue streams. We've talked about why 2026 is the year of AI unit economics. There, we explored the "2025 hangover" where organizations realized that without financial governance, AI isn't just a science project but has become a margin-bleeding cost center. But "governance" and "monetization" shouldn't just be buzzwords in a resolution; they need to be part of your active infrastructure.

Today, we're excited to announce Kong Mesh 2.13. Kong Mesh 2.13 delivers full support for Mesh Identity for Kubernetes and Universal mode. Plus, it's been designated as a Long Term Support release, with support for a total of 2 years. But first, what's Kong Mesh for the uninitiated?

Software development has evolved to a point where updates ship more frequently than ever – sometimes multiple times a week. But rapid releases demand equally fast validation. Traditional full regression cycles take too long and can block delivery, especially when only a small feature or module has changed. Delta testing addresses this challenge by testing just the updated areas of the product. It allows teams to maintain quality while delivering incremental improvements quickly.

The next generation of debugging doesn’t depend exclusively on the quality of AI models, but it’s heavily dependent on feeding AI tools the context they need to be useful. AI coding assistants have transformed how we write code. For example, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and ChatGPT can generate Stripe integration boilerplate in seconds. They'll scaffold your payment flow, suggest error handling patterns, and even write unit tests.

The recently released OWASP, “A Practical Guide for Securely Using Third-Party MCP Servers,” highlights a fundamental challenge in modern AI deployments: how do we govern, secure, and audit systems that are inherently non-deterministic? Unlike traditional, static software, AI agents dynamically adapt their execution paths, tool selection, and decisions based on context and real-time resources, allowing the same agent to achieve identical goals through entirely different approaches.

Software engineering leaders, platform leaders, and AI/ML leaders responsible for release velocity, quality, and risk management.

If you want to spin up a fast API solution, DreamFactory is a great way to do that with a Bitnami install. Within minutes you can have a fully documented and secure REST API to utilize. Just like any program bundle, there are lots of features to learn and interact with. Outside of a Docker Swarm or AWS ELB setup, it is pretty hard to find a way to spin up a DreamFactory instance faster. We are going to dive in a bit further to find out how to interact with the system database.