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Implement production-grade rate limiting in Node.js with TypeScript. Covers fixed window, sliding window, token bucket algorithms, Redis-backed distributed limiting, and per-route strategies.
Public endpoints that provide real compute value attract systematic abuse — AI generation endpoints, email relays, SMS OTPs, and file converters are all targets. This guide covers per-account quotas, SMS pumping prevention, anomaly detection, and real-time abuse killing.
Implement robust rate limiting and cost quota systems for LLM APIs in production. Covers token-based quotas, sliding window algorithms, budget alerts, and graceful degradation strategies.
Design API gateways for rate limiting, JWT auth, request aggregation, and versioning. Learn gateway vs service mesh and Kong vs cloud vendors.
Implement token-based rate limiting with per-user budgets, burst allowances, and cost anomaly detection to prevent runaway spending and ensure fair resource allocation.
Master Redis patterns: cache-aside vs write-through caching, distributed locks with Lua, sliding window rate limiters, pub/sub, sorted sets for leaderboards, Redis Streams, and memory management.