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Apr 9, 2025 · Backend Development

Practical Guide to Rate Limiting: Algorithms, Implementation, and Production Cases

This article explains the fundamentals and practical implementations of common rate‑limiting algorithms—including fixed‑window, sliding‑window, leaky‑bucket, and token‑bucket—provides Java and Redis code samples, discusses their advantages, pitfalls, and real‑world production scenarios, and offers performance‑tuning tips.