#RateLimiting

Design a Rate Limiter

Rate limiting is a critical building block in modern distributed systems. Almost every large-scale system, whether it is an API platform, social network, payment gateway, or SaaS product, relies on rate limiting to protect itself from abuse, ensure fair usage, and control infrastructure costs. In this blog, we will design a scalable, distributed rate limiter, […]

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Traffic Management & APIs in System Design

Efficient traffic management is critical for building scalable, reliable, and secure systems.As systems grow, the number of users, requests, and services increases, making it essential to understand how traffic flows and how APIs are managed. In this blog, we’ll cover load balancers, reverse proxies, API gateways, and rate limiting with examples to make the concepts

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