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Learn how I designed a distributed rate limiter using Redis, Lua scripts, fixed windows, and sliding windows, and where the design broke in production
Nilay Shahane
@nilayshahane · Mumbai, India
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B.Tech Computer Engineering student | Exploring Backend Engineering, Agentic AI & System Design | Learning in public.
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Tushita Prashant Patil
Great read! The jump from a simple hashmap to sliding window and still having a bottleneck - crazy read! (i think I should go back to my github go through the crimes I might've committed💀) Great share Nilay!
Tushita Prashant Patil
Great read! The jump from a simple hashmap to sliding window and still having a bottleneck - crazy read! (i think I should go back to my github go through the crimes I might've committed💀) Great share Nilay!