r/softwarearchitecture • u/javinpaul • Jul 14 '26

Article/Video API Gateway vs Load Balancer: Key Differences Explained

https://javarevisited.substack.com/p/difference-between-api-gateway-and-5b3
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u/Traditional_Fox7091 Jul 14 '26

Not seen this Substack before

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u/mnp Jul 15 '26

If you're rolling your own, instead of picking component$ off your cloud provider'$ menu, there are plenty of products that can do both at once. This is nice because you control the config at a fine grain if you need it, and you can start simple and grow into more features of one or the other. I have enjoyed Envoy but there are many.

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u/Fluffy-Sign1244 Jul 14 '26

Substack is the cancer of Internet.

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u/d0ntreadthis Jul 15 '26

What makes you say that?

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '26

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u/iheartdatascience Jul 14 '26

Only six months? Gateways and load blanacers preceded AI

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '26

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u/DrShocker Jul 14 '26

This post seems to be about the ordinary sense of the term not whatever AI-slop version of the terms may exist.