The SaaS Hangover: How convenience created dependency
For the past decade, the answer to almost every enterprise software question has been the same: Put it in the cloud. Buy it as SaaS. Let somebody else worry about it. It was convenient. It was fast. And, most of the time, it made perfect sense. But convenience has a habit of becoming a dependency. […]
The MCP Gateway is just the API Gateway growing a new limb
The MCP Gateway is not a brand-new beast. It is the API gateway growing a weird, highly-specialised, new limb. The limb matters. It has new joints, odd reflexes, and occasionally tries to operate the chainsaw because a PDF told it to. But the nervous system is still API management: identity, policy, routing, observability, audit, lifecycle, […]
If you don’t give agents an API, they’ll make one out of your UI
I watched Claude Cowork start reverse-engineering a WordPress admin surface to get its job done, and the uncomfortable lesson landed immediately: Agents do not wait politely at the front door. If the front door is missing, they try the window. Then the dog flap. Then the neighbour’s Wi-Fi. Then, if they are feeling especially productive, […]
Read-only agents are still a data leak
“It can’t mutate prod” isn’t the same as “it can’t hurt us.” That’s the line I want platform teams to print out and tape somewhere near the Kubernetes dashboard before the next wave of agent demos arrives with a cheerful chat box and suspiciously broad permissions. CNCF recently promoted a walkthrough for running a Kubernetes-aware […]
If you can’t revoke your agent, you don’t have autonomy – you have unattended traffic
If your agent can’t be revoked, it isn’t autonomous. It’s unattended. That is the bit I think we are politely talking around while the “AI gateway” confetti cannon goes off in the background. And to be clear, I’m not dismissing the risk. Quite the opposite. I think the risk is real. I just don’t think […]
How to design resilient infrastructure for modern banking
Why is resiliency so crucial in modern banking infrastructure? And how do you achieve resiliency by design? Lalitha Kagithapu, Principal Engineer at First American, and Caleb Cole, Enhanced Technology Program Manager at Wings Credit Union shared their insights on this subject as part of the LEAP 2026 conference. Read on to learn from their real-world […]
Building an MCP gateway from scratch: how we got to OpenAPI for MCP
When you set out to build a first-class MCP gateway, the first decision you have to make is also the most consequential: how do you represent an MCP proxy definition at the gateway level? Not what features to ship. Not what the UI looks like. The definition format. Get that wrong and nothing downstream works […]
Everyone’s an MCP gateway now
Not every MCP Gateway is equal.
There is a significant difference between a plugin and native MCP support.
This blog walks through the implications.
Navigating the great wealth transfer
Up to $83 trillion will move from Baby Boomers to younger generations by 2045. For mid-tier banks and credit unions, the question is whether your digital infrastructure will be ready. Nicholas Zeman, Senior Enterprise Architect at Zions Bancorporation, addressed this at LEAP 2026. His core argument: This transfer is structurally different from anything previous generations […]
Imagine, build, share – how integration testing led me to create the Tyk mock MCP server
“The right tool for this doesn’t exist. Let’s build one. Then let’s share it.”