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Title	Author	Published	Words	HN Pts
Why and how we ‘stringified’ your Traffic Policy rules	Ryan Grant	2024-12-12	1,109	--
How ngrok Actively Combats Phishing Attacks	Russ Savage	2023-02-28	612	--
Expanding ngrok's free plan with security in one line	Sam Richard	2023-03-16	614	3
Secure site-to-site connectivity: Implement now with ngrok’s new guides	Mandy Hubbard	2024-05-20	594	--
Send your ngrok traffic as logs to Datadog	Alan Shreve	2023-06-12	1,025	--
Battle against search and AI bots on your ngrok endpoints	Joel Hans	2024-08-28	1,237	--
Deploy advanced HTTP traffic shaping with request variables and CEL	Joel Hans	2024-09-12	1,784	--
Automate Bot User creation and management with our new APIs	Russ Savage	2024-05-02	673	--
Get started with User Agent Filtering	Mandy Hubbard	2023-12-14	834	--
So you want to sign for Windows?	Kyle Wenholz	2023-01-04	1,017	--
How nuanced rate limiting transforms your API and business	Joel Hans	2024-10-03	2,000	--
Drop-in API gateway policy examples for manipulating headers	Joel Hans	2024-10-17	1,618	--
How to implement mutual TLS (mTLS) with ngrok’s API gateway	Joel Hans	2024-08-13	1,357	--
ngrok Introduces Network Traffic Inspection - Available directly from the dashboard	Russ Savage	2024-03-27	1,516	--
Migrate to ngrok from Cloudflare Tunnels using YAML	Scott McAllister	2023-11-03	982	4
API gateway gallery: Drop-in API policy management examples	Joel Hans	2024-05-30	2,798	--
What is the data plane?	Team ngrok	2023-12-18	832	1
Traffic Policy Engine now supports dynamic configuration with CEL Interpolation	Nijiko Yonskai	2024-07-23	478	--
What is the control plane?	Team ngrok	2024-01-19	710	--
Create a Traffic Policy ‘devenv’ with custom responses to build rules faster	Joel Hans	2024-11-12	886	--
Build a CRUD app with Node.js	Scott McAllister	2023-10-19	3,029	--
Traffic Policy support for the Kubernetes Gateway API	Salil Subbakrishna	2024-07-03	749	--
An introduction to the Kubernetes Gateway API	Mike Coleman	2024-05-29	1,516	--
New ngrok Global Network Domains coming soon	Nijiko Yonskai	2023-02-20	200	--
Developer's guide: Manage traffic with CEL expressions and connection variables	Joel Hans	2024-08-14	983	--
ngrok’s Ingress Controller now available in digital marketplaces	Mandy Hubbard	2024-01-09	918	--
Code, coffee, and connection: Meet ngrokkers at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2025	Aaishika S Bhattacharya	2025-10-27	728	--
How Rinsed builds data pipelines in car washes: the lessons learned	Joel Hans	2025-10-21	1,491	--
Sync secrets from external sources to ngrok with Kubernetes External Secrets	Brian Melton-Grace	2025-10-21	563	--
ngrok keeps your applications secure with modern TLS standards	Arianna Willett	2025-11-04	427	--
What are AI gateways, and do you even need them?	Aaishika S Bhattacharya	2025-10-24	1,014	--
Self-hosted local AI workflows with Docker, n8n, Ollama, and ngrok	Joel Hans	2025-08-20	1,665	--
Secrets for Traffic Policy debuts in the dashboard and goes GA	Brian Melton-Grace	2025-11-14	565	--
ngrok-operator v0.21.0: status conditions galore	Jonathan Stacks	2025-10-31	461	--
ngrok is now HIPAA-compliant	Arianna Willett	2025-08-25	255	--
API gateway shapes: back then, now, and beyond	Joel Hans	2025-09-16	2,329	--
ngrok-operator v0.20.0: Go SDK v2 and edges removal	Jonathan Stacks	2025-09-10	273	--
Why didn't ngrok go down in last week's AWS outage?	Peter Yoakum	2025-10-29	1,012	5
How Vijil built a trust layer for my first AI agent	Joel Hans	2025-09-22	1,845	--
Migrate from ingress-nginx to the ngrok Operator	Sam Rose	2025-11-17	2,643	--
Terminate requests to your endpoint with the close-connection action	Ravi Devarajan	2025-08-19	284	--
Smithery is shaping the agent-first internet—for builders and bots alike	Joel Hans	2025-08-19	764	--
Self-hosting with and without ngrok	Sam Rose	2025-10-27	5,283	4
Secrets for Traffic Policy now in Open Beta	Brian Melton-Grace	2025-08-27	349	--
Block threats before they reach your services with our new WAF actions	Nijiko Yonskai	2025-08-18	714	--
How we built ngrok's WAF with OWASP CRS and Coraza	Ben Chan	2025-12-10	2,656	--
Introducing the ngrok AI gateway (early access)	Nijiko Yonskai	2025-12-15	694	--
API filtering is now generally available	Brian Melton-Grace	2026-01-14	333	--
What those AI benchmark numbers mean	Sam Rose	2026-01-29	7,761	5
Native Anthropic SDK support for the AI Gateway	Nijiko Yonskai	2026-02-18	272	--
Windows binaries are now signed with an EV certificate	Arianna Willett	2026-02-24	310	--
ngrok-operator v0.22.0: multiple installs and clean uninstalls	Alex Bezek	2026-02-25	680	--
Lessons from my overly-introspective, self-improving coding agent	Joel Hans	2026-02-25	3,979	3
AI Gateway: use Anthropic and OpenAI with one API key	Nijiko Yonskai	2026-03-02	832	--
Secure internal Kubernetes connections with pod identity variables	Brian Melton-Grace	2026-03-13	870	--
Pin your traffic to specific regions	Ben Kelley	2026-03-18	735	--
Quantization from the ground up	Sam Rose	2026-03-25	7,516	351
Free plan users can now purchase AI Gateway credits	Nijiko Yonskai	2026-04-08	320	--
What are AI gateways in 2026, and do you actually need one …	Sam Richard	2026-04-09	1,115	--
AI Gateway: attach provider keys to AI Gateway keys	Nijiko Yonskai	2026-04-22	679	--
Five ways ngrokkers 'doglab' gateways for homelabs and side projects	Joel Hans	2025-08-12	3,982	--
Build a ChatGPT-like SMS Chatbot with OpenAI and Python	Lizzie Siegle	2023-03-07	1,181	--
How ngrok serves AI companies	Sam Richard	2024-01-17	566	--
ngrok is now available in the Microsoft Store	Russ Savage	2025-08-06	225	--
Introducing ngrok-rs - safe and portable network ingress to your Rust apps …	Josh Robson Chase	2023-03-29	1,348	--
Our next generation firewall project	Mason Johnson	2023-12-07	1,035	--
What is a site-to-site VPN?	Team ngrok	2024-03-04	712	--
What is global server load balancing (GSLB)?	Karthik Krishnaswamy	2023-10-12	665	--
Harness the power of AI and machine learning: Revolutionize data accessibility with …	Mandy Hubbard	2024-02-05	1,146	--
AWS PrivateLink vs. VPC peering vs. ngrok	Team ngrok	2024-09-17	1,657	--
Ogre.run tames the dependency beast in AI development with ngrok	Karthik Krishnaswamy	2024-03-12	499	--
Manage traffic at critical connection points with Traffic Policy phases	Nijiko Yonskai	2024-11-21	1,450	--
The ultimate guide to effortless Kubernetes ingress with ngrok	Joel Hans	2025-04-29	2,848	--
Use the load balancing power of Endpoint Pools for canary deploys and …	Joel Hans	2025-05-22	1,038	--
Introducing JWT validation for your API	Mandy Hubbard	2024-02-26	845	--
Shinobi's shortcut to AI-powered pentests in staging and dev envs	Sam Richard	2025-07-01	686	--
Four ways multicloud breaks you (and how API gateways help)	Joel Hans	2025-03-11	1,826	--
Introducing ngrok's Traffic Policy module	Nijiko Yonskai	2024-02-21	1,492	--
Secure your API with JWTs and ngrok’s API Gateway	Joel Hans	2024-05-16	2,899	--
CliffsNotes your voicemails with WebSockets, Twilio, and OpenAI	Joel Hans	2024-10-02	1,572	--
All the ways to hang with an ngrokker (and see what they …	Joel Hans	2025-03-20	662	--
How ngrok’s GSLB elevates Linode-hosted SaaS performance and resilience	Joel Hans	2024-07-17	1,370	--
ngrok in production: Not just for testing anymore	Scott M. Fulton III	2024-09-18	1,522	--
Our approach to always evolving dev tools for speed and clarity	James Szalay	2025-08-13	1,954	--
Introducing the ngrok Python SDK	Bob Hagemann	2023-12-06	1,150	--
It’s about time: Format timestamps and time zones in the ngrok dashboard	Russ Savage	2024-07-24	356	--
Automate Kubernetes testing with GitHub Actions and the ngrok Operator	Jen Kagan	2025-04-29	1,604	--
Introducing the ngrok Kubernetes Operator	Alex Bezek	2023-06-26	926	--
Introducing Endpoint Pools: Load balance anything, anywhere	Alan Shreve	2025-05-20	1,353	--
Deploy a globally-distributed API gateway with DigitalOcean and ngrok	Team ngrok	2024-09-10	955	--
Modernize and secure how you access remote devices	Ishan Jain	2025-03-27	1,087	--
How we built ngrok's data platform	Christian Hollinger	2024-09-26	4,614	--
How I build secure (and VPN-less!) industrial IoT connectivity	Ishan Jain	2025-03-19	1,860	--
Verifying PagerDuty Webhooks with ngrok	Scott McAllister	2023-06-06	1,851	--
How to write policies with patterns that scale	Joel Hans	2025-07-22	1,944	--
Drive application performance and stability with global rate limiting	Natasha Jarus	2024-03-19	928	--
React CRUD: An Introductory Guide	Kamaldeen Lawal	2024-03-06	3,552	--
Unleash the power of ngrok with our Go SDK	Celina Ward	2023-11-20	863	--
How can I geoblock with an API gateway?	Scott McAllister	2024-11-22	800	--
Introducing Office Hours: Learn about and build on ngrok together	Joel Hans	2024-09-11	562	--
The ngrok Docker Desktop Extension: instant endpoints for your local containers	Brian Melton-Grace	2025-08-08	356	--
Put your APIs online the easy and composable way	Joel Hans	2025-03-06	1,180	--
Verify webhooks with ngrok’s new Traffic Policy action	Mandy Hubbard	2024-12-03	2,256	--
A developer's guide to webhook security	Scott McAllister	2023-10-03	824	--
How the Maige.app team uses ngrok to supercharge their shipping velocity	Sam Richard	2024-03-14	512	--
Traffic Policy Engine - What are CEL variables?	Nijiko Yonskai	2024-07-01	552	--
ngrok's Go SDK v2: simple, streamlined, more powerful	Brian Melton-Grace	2025-06-18	1,043	--
Introducing Cloud Endpoints	Nijiko Yonskai	2025-02-24	1,631	--
What is port forwarding?	Team ngrok	2024-06-17	943	--
Vulnerability management for customer-controlled environments	Team ngrok	2024-02-29	768	--
Build and test a CRUD app in Go	Shub Argha	2023-10-11	2,207	--
Add OAuth 2.0 to a Node.js CRUD app	Scott McAllister	2024-01-26	2,083	--
Agent versions 3.1 and older are no longer supported	Salil Subbakrishna	2023-11-30	393	--
Lunda.ai manages connections to Vonage, Whisper, and Llama with ngrok	Sam Richard	2024-04-03	455	--
Product Updates: ngrok-go, ngrok-rs, OAuth & Webhooks for free	Frederico Hakamine	2023-04-07	998	--
Static dev domains for all ngrok users	Nijiko Yonskai	2023-08-16	1,177	--
Developer experience in deployed API gateways: Kong vs. ngrok	Joel Hans	2024-05-14	1,801	--
How we built the Traffic Policy module and its actions	Rachel Kolavo	2024-10-23	3,121	--
Terminate TLS however (and wherever) you want with Traffic Policy	Joel Hans	2025-04-23	1,540	--
Introducing http-request: Call your services directly from Traffic Policy	Nijiko Yonskai	2025-07-10	1,016	--
From nginx to ngrok: Dogfooding our own website with Traffic Policy	Alex Bezek	2025-08-07	3,138	--
Introducing Cloud Edges for all ngrok users	Nijiko Yonskai	2023-08-28	859	--
The 3 big problems holding back API gateway observability	Joel Hans	2024-12-18	1,218	--
Ingress controller vs. API gateway: A comparison	Mandy Hubbard	2024-06-20	1,833	--
Introducing ngrok’s developer-defined API Gateway: Shifting the paradigm of API delivery	Nijiko Yonskai	2024-02-15	1,586	--
Add Auth0 Authentication and authorization to ngrok traffic	Frederico Hakamine	2023-06-21	825	--
Integrating OAuth into your Rust App	Mike Lloyd	2023-04-11	2,067	--
Introducing Pay-as-you-go pricing for ngrok	Alan Shreve	2023-10-31	822	--
Introducing Load Balancer support for ngrok Kubernetes Operator	Jonathan Stacks	2024-08-29	1,709	--
Introducing IP Intelligence to control unwanted traffic	Russ Savage	2025-01-15	1,409	--
Decouple policy from sensitive data: introducing Secrets for Traffic Policy	Brian Melton-Grace	2025-07-08	456	--
Add secure ingress to the Kubernetes API and access it anywhere	Joel Hans	2025-04-17	1,537	--
How ngrok helps Sam develop and test LLM-powered RAG applications	Team ngrok	2025-02-06	653	--
1Password and ngrok in Practice	Keith Casey	2023-03-21	667	--
Set variables in Traffic Policy for cleaner, reusable configs	Joel Hans	2025-05-05	1,531	--
ngrok-operator v0.19.0: Gateway API updates and edge deprecation	Jonathan Stacks	2025-08-14	518	--
What makes the ngrok Kubernetes Operator different?	Jonathan Stacks	2024-02-22	1,050	--
Fast and secure ingress to remote AIs with ngrok, Deepseek, and Ollama	Joel Hans	2025-01-27	2,610	--
Introducing the ngrok JavaScript SDK	Nijiko Yonskai	2023-12-06	996	--
ngrok Accounts Now Require a Valid Payment Method to use TCP Endpoints	Russ Savage	2024-06-13	871	--
Bolster control and governance with ngrok Account Domain Controls	Matthew Karnowski	2023-11-08	707	--
Manage traffic on a region-aware API gateway—without the networking	Joel Hans	2024-12-04	1,459	--
What is mTLS (mutual TLS) and how does it enhance security?	Team ngrok	2024-06-06	849	--
Introducing ngrok-go: Ingress to Your Go Apps as a net.Listener	Alan Shreve	2023-03-09	1,201	--
ngrok Network Traffic Inspector is now Generally Available with replay and additional …	Russ Savage	2024-06-10	901	--
Introducing end-to-end HTTP/2 support from client to origin server	Blain Smith	2024-01-17	964	--
Introducing support for the Kubernetes Gateway API in the ngrok Kubernetes Operator	Abdirahman Osman	2024-03-19	1,751	--
Introducing new domains for the ngrok global network	Nijiko Yonskai	2024-03-11	315	--
What is VPC peering?	Team ngrok	2024-04-02	732	--
How to build connectors to on-premise services for workflow automation	Mandy Hubbard	2024-07-24	1,676	--
Building Zoom Apps with ngrok	Keith Casey	2023-02-14	1,294	--
Introducing the Basic Auth Traffic Policy action	Mandy Hubbard	2025-01-02	1,456	--
Reverse proxy vs. API gateway: Key differences explained	Chad Tindel	2024-04-17	1,773	--
Visibility and limits: Keep track of your ngrok usage	Sam Richard	2024-09-05	378	--
AI meets privacy: ngrok's secure bridge to customer data	Joel Hans	2024-03-14	2,712	--
Transform connectivity with ngrok: A strategic edge for modern enterprises	Chad Tindel	2024-03-21	996	--
Redirect vs URL rewrite in an API gateway	Scott McAllister	2024-08-08	1,479	--
How ngrok uses Dagster to run our data platform	Christian Hollinger	2023-11-16	2,003	--
Introducing Always-On Global Server Load Balancing	Nijiko Yonskai	2023-09-14	1,265	--
Block bad actors and mitigate DDoS attacks with JA4 fingerprints	Allison Carlisle	2025-05-08	1,214	--
Send ngrok Network Traffic Logs to Azure Monitor	Russ Savage	2024-08-21	344	--
Tired of slow Kubernetes dev loops? Try local projection with bindings	Joel Hans	2025-04-25	1,265	--
Webhook Verification with ngrok Edges	Scott McAllister	2023-07-11	1,031	--
Putting the ESP32 microcontroller on the Internet	Patrick McDowell	2023-01-12	847	--
Flexible and expressive traffic orchestration: introducing internal endpoints	Nijiko Yonskai	2024-10-29	1,936	--
Simplify your customer integrations with zero-VPN access	Ishan Jain	2025-04-21	1,776	--
Build your developer-defined "golden path" with the Kubernetes Gateway API and ngrok	Joel Hans	2024-04-25	1,623	--
Goodbye tunnels, hello agent endpoints	Tammy Bailey	2024-11-13	1,008	--
Protect services with a circuit breaker at your API gateway	Joel Hans	2025-01-06	1,633	--
Easier DNS configuration with subdomains and zones—and a switch	Joel Hans	2024-08-19	445	--
Authentication at the network edge	Arianna Willett	2023-10-17	949	--
Dynamic routing with CEL interpolation and the forward-internal action	Karthik Krishnaswamy	2024-12-19	575	--
Set up a reverse proxy with AWS and ngrok	Joel Hans	2024-08-21	1,329	--
Kubernetes Ingress with ngrok and HashiCorp Consul	Scott McAllister	2023-08-15	950	--
Deploy custom error pages with your logo, your messages, your way	Joel Hans	2025-04-15	944	--
APIOps and an API gateway: Get your development groove back	Joel Hans	2024-08-06	1,729	--
Build an API in Next.js and deploy with Rancher	Joel Hans	2023-11-30	3,471	--
New ngrok domains now available	Nijiko Yonskai	2023-04-06	538	--
MicroK8s and ngrok: Easy ingress at the edge	Mike Coleman	2024-07-25	736	--
Device gateway: A brief introduction	Team ngrok	2024-03-08	793	--
Create a self-service app and API delivery platform with composable Traffic Policy	Joel Hans	2024-12-10	1,713	--
MFA for your production infrastructure running on ngrok	Josh Hertlein	2023-10-18	1,098	--
Data at ngrok: A primer	Arianna Willett	2024-08-05	883	--
Why does usage-based pricing work for developers?	Sam Richard	2023-11-16	658	--
The new ngrok.ai	Nijiko Yonskai	2026-07-01	1,301	--
Traffic Policy is now 10x cheaper, and idle custom domains are free	Sam Richard	2026-07-13	733	--
ngrok's new Terraform provider	Ishan Jain	2026-07-21	771	--
How to access a Raspberry Pi remotely (without pesky port forwarding)	Sam Richard	2026-08-04	676	--
Compression is prediction	Annie Sexton	2026-08-11	4,793	674
How Kubernetes probes work	Sam Rose	2026-08-19	4,432	143
Prompt caching: 10x cheaper LLM tokens, but how?	Sam Rose	2025-12-16	6,253	2
I ported Kubernetes to the browser	Sam Rose	2026-06-26	3,335	33
AOL was down (1996)	Mac Chaffee	2026-06-23	2,762	8

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