S5 Bonus: Marco Palladino, Kong

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🗓️ 22 December 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Marco Palladino migrated from Italy about 10 years ago.. and brought all of his Italian hobbies with him. He loves to cook - specifically pasta, of course - and enjoys a good glass of wine. He has a family, with 1 kid and 1 on the way. He loves sports, soccer and skiing. Beyond that, he is a self taught developer, where tech has been his side hobby and passion, but turned into his full time gig. Marco and his co-founder came to San Francisco 10 years ago, to build an API marketplace. Over time, they amassed 300,000 developers, consuming and publishing API's. Eventually, the figured out the business model wasn't working... so they open sourced the platform. This is the creation story of Kong. Our Sponsors: * Check out Cash App and use my code CASHAPP10 for a great deal: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/mt82fpxl #CashAppPod. Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. See terms and conditions at https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/card-agreement. Cash App Green, overdraft coverage, borrow, cash back offers and promotions provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit http://cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures. * Check out Plaud AI and use my code CODESTORY for a great deal: https://plaud.ai Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	So the API Gateway product that we created at first essentially allows developers and architects to provide a modern API infrastructure for security, for logging, observability, traffic control, government, on top of every API that anybody's building.
0:18.3	You know, building the API is half of the job. The other half is making sure that we have the right API infrastructure to run it.
0:26.6	API is our products. Therefore, like any other product, they need to have a life cycle,
0:32.6	a decommissioning window, new versions, new releases, and so and so forth.
0:42.5	My name is Marco Paladino, and I am the CTO and co-founder of Cog.
0:53.1	This is Code Story, the podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries,
0:57.3	who share in the critical moments of what it takes to change in industry and build and lead.
0:59.5	A team that has your back.
1:02.4	I'm your host, Noah Labhart, and today helped Marco Palladino
1:06.3	built the company, powering reliable API connections and gateways.
1:13.5	All this and more on Coat Story.
1:19.6	Marco Paladino migrated from Italy about 10 years ago and brought all of his Italian hobbies with him.
1:25.6	He loves to cook, specifically pasta, of course,
1:28.4	and enjoys a good glass of wine. He has a family with one kid and one on the way. He loves
1:33.6	sports, soccer, and skiing. Beyond that, he is a self-taught developer, where tech has been
1:38.5	his side hobby and passion, but turned into his full-time gig. Marco and his co-founder came to San Francisco 10 years ago to build an API marketplace.
1:50.0	Over time, they amassed 300,000 developers consuming and publishing APIs.
1:56.0	Eventually, they figured out the business model wasn't working.
2:00.0	So, they open out the business model wasn't working. So, they open source the platform.
2:04.1	This is the creation story of Kong.
2:10.4	Kong today is an organizational startup.
2:14.5	We are 400 people, and we provide software for architects and developers
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