Rate limiting that doesn’t ruin your API: token bucket, sliding window, and honest 429s
Every public API needs rate limiting; most implementations punish legitimate users. The algorithms compared, where to enforce them, and how to design…
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Category: Backend
WebSockets vs Server-Sent Events in 2026: pick the boring one
Most 'realtime' features are one-directional: notifications, live dashboards, streaming AI tokens. SSE handles all of them with plain HTTP. When you genuinely…