Modern applications, exemplified by organizations like Cargill, need to scale rapidly, manage extensive data, and ensure global availability, which has led to the adoption of API automation using platforms like AWS and Kong Konnect Enterprise. By applying the Twelve-Factor application development principles, developers can build scalable, resilient apps that are easily deployable and maintainable, decoupling components for seamless scaling or replacement. Kong Konnect Enterprise integrates with AWS to manage API-related tasks while leveraging AWS's infrastructure for non-API tasks, utilizing technologies like Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service for deployment. The Twelve-Factor principles guide practices such as managing codebases, declaring dependencies, using configurations, treating backing services as attached resources, and separating build, release, and run stages, all of which are essential for creating stateless, scalable, and efficiently managed applications. Kong's integration with AWS services like Amazon RDS, Amazon ElastiCache, and AWS Lambda enhances its functionality, facilitating smooth migration of services to the cloud and maintaining compatibility with legacy systems.