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title: "Nilay Shahane (@nilayshahane) | Hashnode"
description: "Learning-Building-Sharing. Read the latest articles by Nilay Shahane on Hashnode."
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# Nilay Shahane

@nilayshahane · Mumbai, India · Joined July 2026

Learning-Building-Sharing.

### [What LLM Parameters Actually Do (I Didn’t Even Know Half of These Existed)](https://curiousnilay.hashnode.dev/what-llm-parameters-actually-do-i-didn-t-even-know-half-of-these-existed?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Learn what LLM parameters actually do—temperature, top\_p, max\_tokens, timeout, and retries—with simple examples and practical engineering insights.

6 min read · [curiousnilay.hashnode.dev](https://curiousnilay.hashnode.dev/what-llm-parameters-actually-do-i-didn-t-even-know-half-of-these-existed?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 15](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-llm-parameters-actually-do-i-didn-t-even-know-half-of-these-existed/6a80b7a942e75d1461cfc2a5)

### [I Tried Designing a Distributed Rate Limiter. Here’s Every Place It Broke.](https://curiousnilay.hashnode.dev/i-tried-designing-a-distributed-rate-limiter-here-s-every-place-it-broke?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Learn how I designed a distributed rate limiter using Redis, Lua scripts, fixed windows, and sliding windows, and where the design broke in production

8 min read · [curiousnilay.hashnode.dev](https://curiousnilay.hashnode.dev/i-tried-designing-a-distributed-rate-limiter-here-s-every-place-it-broke?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[1](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-tried-designing-a-distributed-rate-limiter-here-s-every-place-it-broke/6a80a3f5cb55cc5b9debe75c) [Aug 15](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-tried-designing-a-distributed-rate-limiter-here-s-every-place-it-broke/6a80a3f5cb55cc5b9debe75c)