Rate Limiter
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Why are rate limiters critical in large-scale distributed systems?
Why is the Token Bucket algorithm commonly preferred for API rate limiting?
Why does the Fixed Window rate limiting algorithm suffer from boundary burst problems?
Why is implementing rate limiting in distributed systems significantly harder than on a single server?
Why is the Sliding Window algorithm considered more accurate than Fixed Window rate limiting?
Why is the Leaky Bucket algorithm useful for smoothing traffic spikes?
Why are rate limiters commonly implemented at the API Gateway layer?
Why can clock synchronization issues affect distributed rate limiting systems?
Why is tenant-aware rate limiting important in SaaS platforms?
What are the major trade-offs when designing distributed rate limiting systems?