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The piece covers five types of gateways (cloud-based, edge, wearable, protocol, security), breaks down hardware and embedded software architecture layers (data link, network, transport, IoT protocol, security, device management, cloud integration), and outlines common use cases like protocol translation, unified connectivity, edge computing, security, and centralized device management. It closes by pitching ngrok's device gateway product as an alternative to building one from scratch, offering secure endpoints without VPNs or open firewall ports. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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