Joel Hans
Joel Hans is a Senior Developer Educator at ngrok. He has been teaching developers and engineers for a decade, and has plenty of strong thoughts about documentation, developer education, developer marketing, and much more. Away from how-to guides and demo apps, he spends his time mountain biking, bouldering, writing fiction, and spending time with his wife, two daughters, dog, and desert tortoise.
Battle against search and AI bots on your ngrok endpoints
Are search and AI bots invading your ngrok endpoints? Fight back with three developer-friendly traffic policies you can deploy in minutes.
August 28, 2024
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Set up a reverse proxy with AWS and ngrok
Discover what a reverse proxy is and why they're essential for public-facing services, apps, and APIs, and learn how to set up a reverse proxy on AWS with ngrok.
August 21, 2024
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Easier DNS configuration with subdomains and zones—and a switch
Using branded domains with ngrok? It’s never been easier or more error-proof to establish proper DNS zones for delegation and namespacing.
August 19, 2024
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Developer's guide: Manage traffic with CEL expressions and connection variables
Explore how ngrok's Traffic Policy feature helps developers intelligently filter traffic, without requiring help from ops, with raw connection variable data and CEL.
August 14, 2024
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How to implement mutual TLS (mTLS) with ngrok’s API gateway
Mutual TLS (mTLS) with an API gateway can help you meet compliance requirements in industries that demand high security for data transmission.
August 13, 2024
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8
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APIOps and an API gateway: Get your development groove back
Discover how GitOps and APIOps can revolutionize your API gateway workflow, offering version control, easy deployment, and developer sanity with ngrok.
August 6, 2024
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How ngrok’s GSLB elevates Linode-hosted SaaS performance and resilience
Discover how ngrok’s Global Server Load Balancing also brings multi-cloud and smoother application delivery to SaaS hosted globally on Linode VMs or k8s clusters.
July 17, 2024
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10
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API gateway gallery: Drop-in API policy management examples
With these 10 YAML-configured examples, you can mix-and-match your way to better security, availability, and observability of your freshest APIs.
May 30, 2024
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Secure your API with JWTs and ngrok’s API Gateway
Secure your APIs with JWT authentication using ngrok’s developer-defined API Gateway for enhanced security and seamless integration.
May 16, 2024
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Developer experience in deployed API gateways: Kong vs. ngrok
Discover the simplicity of ngrok's API gateway and compare it to Kong for enabling developer productivity, ease of use, and rapid deployment capabilities.
May 14, 2024
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10
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Build your developer-defined "golden path" with the Kubernetes Gateway API and ngrok
Working together, the Kubernetes Gateway API and ngrok’s Cloud put power back into developers’ hands while abstracting away all the complexity of secure Kubernetes networking.
April 25, 2024
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AI meets privacy: ngrok's secure bridge to customer data
Explore how ngrok enhances AI development by enabling secure, direct access to customer data, ensuring data integrity and privacy.
March 13, 2024
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13
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Unlock remote AI power with ngrok: A game-changer for developers
Deploy a powerful remote server for LLM development and dev-friendly AI workflow in just a few steps with ngrok, Ollama, and a GPU-accelerated virtual machine.
January 25, 2024
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Build an API in Next.js and deploy with Rancher
See how to build and deploy a Next.js application in Kubernetes with Rancher
November 29, 2023
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18
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