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Rate Limiting Algorithms Explained: When to Use Which

There are 7 distinct rate limiting algorithms and they all behave differently for the same config. Here's when each one makes sense.

No hype. Just the boring reality of where LLMs save me time and where they waste it.

A collection of "oh no" moments from running real services. No sugarcoating.

Not a framework comparison. Just why it clicks for me after years of React and Vue.

Nobody writes blog posts about responding to the 50th "this doesn't work" issue that's actually a misconfiguration.

How starting on a warehouse floor shaped how I think about software.

I work with microservices daily. I like them. But I also remember when a monolith would have saved us weeks.