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Your Rate Limiter Is a Stampede at the Window Boundary

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The fixed window lets double the traffic through at the boundary, the distributed counter is an agreement problem in disguise, and the token bucket is the honest answer. The page came at 00:00:37 on a Tuesday. The database was falling over and the rate limiter's dashboard said everything was fine.…

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  1. 2026-10-12 10:10 · DEV Community — AI
    Your Rate Limiter Is a Stampede at the Window Boundary

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