RateLimitAPI
Infrastructure
rate limiting api
SHOW HN2023
5points
5comments
#2,837of 3,109 in 2023
Top 92%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Idea: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Landing page and simple design
From 1 comment
I like the simplicity of the landing page! For me personally, the tool would be more useful if I could adjust the duration and the rate limit count without redeploying my code,…
anze3db on HN
Objections
Rate limit duration and count cannot be changed without redeploying code
From 1 comment
I like the simplicity of the landing page! For me personally, the tool would be more useful if I could adjust the duration and the rate limit count without redeploying my code,…
anze3db on HN
Would rather run their own Redis than use a third-party service
From 1 comment
I like the simplicity of the landing page! For me personally, the tool would be more useful if I could adjust the duration and the rate limit count without redeploying my code,…
anze3db on HN
Pub/sub users likely already have event counting, so the service is less needed
From 1 comment
That makes sense if you already have a pub/sub service running. But if you have a pub/sub service running, you probably also have a service that can count events so you won't…
anze3db on HN
Requests
Configure rate limits without redeploying
From 2 comments
I like the simplicity of the landing page! For me personally, the tool would be more useful if I could adjust the duration and the rate limit count without redeploying my code,…
anze3db on HNThat makes sense if you already have a pub/sub service running. But if you have a pub/sub service running, you probably also have a service that can count events so you won't…
anze3db on HN
Questions
Whether users will need to change limits often
From 1 comment
Touche! I guess we'll see if it's an issue in practice. My intuition is people won't change durations that frequently in practice. eg. OpenAI has a limit of 40 messages per 3…
flurly on HN
Alternatives named
Self-hosted Redis
From 1 comment
I like the simplicity of the landing page! For me personally, the tool would be more useful if I could adjust the duration and the rate limit count without redeploying my code,…
anze3db on HN