Master Rate Limiting in System Design: Leaky Bucket Made Simple!

Master Rate Limiting in System Design: Leaky Bucket Made Simple!

 

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Ever been caught in digital rush hour? You know, that moment when your API crumbles under traffic and users are rage-tweeting about your service being down. Brutal, right?

Rate limiting isn’t just some nerdy backend concept—it’s the difference between your system gracefully handling spikes and catastrophically failing when TechCrunch features your startup.