Beyond configuration drift: how Barbacane reimagines the API gateway with Rust and WASM

What if your OpenAPI spec wasn't just documentation, but the actual configuration of your production gateway? For years, API teams have lived with a quiet frustration: the gap between specification and reality. You write a beautiful OpenAPI spec. You configure your gateway (Kong, Tyk, AWS API Gateway) with routes, plugins, and security rules. And then… drift happens. A hotfix bypasses the spec. A plugin gets misconfigured. The documentation lies. The gateway behaves unexpectedly. The contract be