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Design and implement rate limiting — token bucket, sliding window and exponential backoff.

SETUP TIME

0 min

SKILL LEVEL

intermediate

COST TO RUN

Free. This is a reference article, not an MCP server, so no infrastructure or API costs apply.

SAFETY SCORE

83/100

A DAY WITH THIS

You're building an API client and realize your requests are getting throttled. You open this guide, quickly scan the token bucket pattern, and implement a simple rate limiter in 15 minutes. Your next batch request completes without hitting the 429 errors.

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Show me token bucket pseudocode
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FOR INTERMEDIATES

Assumes you understand HTTP, basic data structures, and why APIs need throttling; implementing the patterns requires some backend experience.

SAFETY STATUS

Safety score83/100

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