ratelimitingia
Ratelimitingia is a term used to describe the systematic study and application of rate limiting within digital services. It encompasses policies, models, and tooling intended to regulate how often clients may perform actions, with the goal of preserving availability, fairness, and resilience in distributed systems.
The concept draws on established rate-limiting algorithms such as token bucket, leaky bucket, fixed-window, and sliding-window
In practice, ratelimitingia is implemented at gateways, API proxies, or within services themselves. Distributed environments commonly
Applications include public and private APIs, messaging platforms, login throttling, and anti-abuse systems. Metrics typically tracked
Criticism centers on complexity and the potential for degraded user experience if limits are too aggressive.