Rate Limiting: Token Bucket & More
· 4 min read
Rate limiting is a deliberately blunt tool: instead of trying to make every request cheap, it accepts that some requests get turned away, so the system stays up for everyone else.
2 posts tagged with "APIs"
Posts on REST vs GraphQL, rate limiting, and the API design decisions that shape how clients and services actually talk to each other.
View All TagsREST vs GraphQL: Which Should You Use?
· 3 min read
REST and GraphQL are two different answers to the same question: how should an API expose data to a client? The real decision isn't "which is more modern" — it's whether you're willing to give up free HTTP caching for a query language that fetches exactly what the client asks for.