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0 pointsbenatkin2y ago0 comments

> route by query string, configure weighted load balancing, work with TLS, deal with methods, etc - let alone other protocols than HTTP

Except for weighted load balancing*, these are all things NGINX does, which Kong is built on via OpenResty, right? What makes Kong different? (Trying to be open to explore even though I was disappointed when Insomnia users got locked out of their data unless they signed up for an account when they updated what was marketed as an open source project)

* Which I think NGINX Plus, a competitor, probably has, and they have an Ingress controller for Kubernetes that would likely get updated to use the Gateway API soon.

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mflendrich2y ago

> What makes Kong different?

I am specifically talking just about OSS functionality in the Kong Ingress Controller. It can assign weights to service backends.

And, FWIW, Insomnia 8.3 defaults to local projects (again)

https://konghq.com/blog/product-releases/insomnia-8-3

Gateway API is a broad community standard governed by SIG Network - fingers crossed for various other implementations (including mesh) working their way to GA implementation-wise - this will make the standard stronger and the community more vibrant.

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