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The rise of large language models (LLMs) and AI-powered applications brings incredible potential, but also poses significant security challenges. These applications have gotten much more useful with the emergence of agentic approaches and the ability to call out to different libraries, systems, and most importantly, to different APIs in order to take actions. They have moved from being a question answering resource to being able to do work, shop on your behalf, book travel, and update code.

Long polling and WebSockets are two common techniques for delivering realtime data. While both have been used successfully in production systems, they differ significantly in how they perform, scale, and integrate into modern architectures. This guide compares long polling vs WebSockets to help engineering teams and technical decision-makers choose the right approach for delivering realtime experiences reliably and at scale.

Almost every web application is built for end-users to view and use. The application deployment process is an important operation in software development because it allows software to fulfill its purpose. This tutorial is primarily for software companies and developers to aid them in deploying and scaling web applications and services using a platform that automatically handles deployment with ease. Therefore, in this tutorial, we will be deploying a Django application to AWS.

MTConnect simplifies how manufacturing machines communicate, ensuring seamless data exchange across systems. It uses HTTP and XML to create a standard data model that works for both old and new equipment, making integration in factories straightforward.

Every year, like clockwork, a new version of PHP is released at the end of November. Naturally, you want to know, how much performance gain is in this new release across common frameworks and applications? Our tests show that, in general, the performance between 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4 does not move much for a Laravel, Symfony and WordPress demo application. Upgrading to the latest PHP version is not a magic pill to improve performance.

The hype for Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) has reached a boiling point. Everyone (including Kong) is releasing something around MCP to ensure they aren't seen as falling behind in the ever-changing AI landscape. However, in this mad dash, there remains confusion around MCP and what this standard actually enables. Some see MCP as a total game-changer, and some see it as little more than a thin and unnecessary wrapper. As usual, the truth lies somewhere in between.

Kong customers include some of the most forward-thinking, tech-savvy organizations in the world. And while we’re proud to help them innovate through traditional APIs, the reality is that their ambitions don’t stop there. Increasingly, our customers are investing heavily in real-time data and event streaming.

Tracking API performance is essential to ensure smooth operations, enhance user experience, and prevent costly downtime. Here’s how to do it effectively.