# Top 10 API Gateway Use Cases in System Design

DevFeed: [Top 10 API Gateway Use Cases in System Design](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/top-10-api-gateway-use-cases-in-system-design-33577.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.algomaster.io/p/top-10-api-gateway-use-cases>)

Author: Ashish Pratap Singh

Published: 2026-04-12T12:00:32Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [AlgoMaster Newsletter](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/algomaster-newsletter.md>)

Topics: [Amazon API Gateway](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-api-gateway.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [Microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservices.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

Tags: [api-gateway](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-gateway.md>), [microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microservices.md>), [monolith](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monolith.md>), [system-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/system-design.md>), [use-cases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/use-cases.md>)

## AI overview

An article about ten API gateway use cases in system design, particularly as systems evolve from monoliths to microservices. The supplied evidence does not detail the individual use cases.

## Source excerpt

As your system evolves from a monolith to microservices, a pattern quickly emerges: every service starts rebuilding the same things.