#api-gateway

What APISIX in the Trial Ring Actually Buys You: Notes on Its etcd-Backed Control Plane

Volume 34 of the Thoughtworks Technology Radar moved Apache APISIX into the Trial ring. I spent a week digging through the docs, source code, and a couple of bug reports to convince myself the etcd-backed dynamic-routing claim was real — and to weigh the operational cost it hides. These are my notes on the watch mechanism, the connection-scaling cliff at 263 long polls, and when I would and would not reach for APISIX in 2026.