Retrospective: Migrating from Nginx to Kong 3.0 Improved API Observability 40%

Retrospective: Migrating from Nginx to Kong 3.0 Improved API Observability 40% A deep dive into our team’s journey replacing Nginx with Kong 3.0, and how native observability features delivered a 40% boost in API visibility. Background: The Nginx Observability Gap Our team manages 120+ internal and external APIs, all routed through a fleet of Nginx reverse proxies. For years, Nginx served us well for basic routing, SSL termination, and rate limiting. But as our API ecosystem grew, we hit critica