S9 E16: Bypassing Kong and Azure APM: Implementing Global Edge Rate Limiting and Decentralized API Key Governance with James Perkins, Co-founder & CEO of Unkey

Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical Founders · Mar 19, 2024 · 25m

James Perkins did not have a traditional journey to technology, but has been in the space for 16 years. He had planned to be a special education teacher prior to switching to technology. He's worked in pre-seed startups all the way to big corporations. But outside of tech, he has a wide variety of hobbies - in particular, running and training for half marathons. This process requires about 6 weeks of training, primarily mental training over physical.

James and his co-founder were friends and colleagues before their current venture. They had an idea around building a small version of API…