HLD Interview Notes: Day 18/30
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HLD Interview Notes: Day 18/30 Topic: Rate Limiting: Controlling Traffic in Distributed Systems Imagine your API suddenly receives 1 million requests within a few seconds. Your servers become overloaded, response times increase, and legitimate users start experiencing failures. How do we control incoming traffic and protect our services? That's where Rate Limiting comes in. 1. What Is Rate Limiting? Rate Limiting is a technique used to control the number of requests a client can make within a specific time window. It helps prevent: API abuse Server overload Denial-of-Service attacks E
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