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title: "Comment by Diego Ballesteros (Relatable Code) on \"Rate Limiter\" | Hashnode"
description: "Useful write-up and something I'm very much considering now that I'm going to be using the GitHub API for some side-projects and they definitely have so"
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/rate-limiter/624835eb4b4dde0dc0be69d8/comment/62483a4f16cdedfe9f7cd094"
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[Discussion](https://hashnode.com/posts/rate-limiter/624835eb4b4dde0dc0be69d8)

Comment [Rate Limiter](https://hashnode.com/posts/rate-limiter/624835eb4b4dde0dc0be69d8)

[Diego Ballesteros (Relatable Code)](https://hashnode.com/@diegoballesteros)

[Apr 2, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/rate-limiter/624835eb4b4dde0dc0be69d8/comment/62483a4f16cdedfe9f7cd094)

Useful write-up and something I'm very much considering now that I'm going to be using the GitHub API for some side-projects and they definitely have some limits.

[Subham Sanghai](https://hashnode.com/@codeminion)

[Apr 2, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/rate-limiter/624835eb4b4dde0dc0be69d8/comment/62483a4f16cdedfe9f7cd094#reply-624842d016cdedfe9f7cd131)

yes, always a good practice to call the upstream APIs in rate limited way, and avoid 429 errors