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# [System Design Drill Day 7: Rate Limiting APIs, Logins and OTPs with Redis](https://blog.anishansari.com.np/system-design-drill-day-7-rate-limiting-apis-logins-and-otps-with-redis?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

The main rate-limiting algorithms, how to run them atomically across servers with Redis and Lua, and when to fail open or closed.

Oct 25 · 8 min read · blog.anishansari.com.np  
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