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08 May 202610 min read
Three boxes, three jobs: API gateway, load balancer, and reverse proxy
Half the architecture reviews we sit in conflate these three components — and that confusion shows up later as over-engineered infrastructure or under-engineered traffic management. Here's the honest distinction, the decision framework we use at Hexcore, and the patterns we ship in production.
Akeem Amusat·Founder & CEO
Cloud
29 Apr 20268 min read
FinOps for African fintechs: A practical playbook
Cloud spend is a quiet line on most African fintech P&Ls until it isn't. By the time it's a problem, the architecture decisions are already made. Here's the operating playbook we install before that day arrives.
Akeem Amusat·Founder & CEO