I Argued With an Interviewer About Global Rate Limiting. Neither of Us Were Right

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/i-argued-with-an-interviewer-about-global-rate-limiting-neither-of-us-were-right. Global rate limiting has an unavoidable trade-off between coordination and overshoot. Here’s how leases, traffic skew, and sync windows shape the design. Check more stories related to science at: https://hackernoon.com/c/science. You can also check exclusive content about #design, #infrastructure, #interview, #global-rate-limiting, #distributed-rate-limits, #rate-limiter-design, #distributed-systems, #multi-region-systems, and more. This story was written by: @hackermuksh2690. Learn more about this writer by checking @hackermuksh2690's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Global rate limiting has an unavoidable trade-off between coordination and overshoot. Here’s how leases, traffic skew, and sync windows shape the design.