Austin(@IamAroke):Rate limiting inside application code is a classic trap. By the time your Node, Python, or Go process parses the incoming HTTP request, runs middleware, and executes a Redis check to reject a bot, the attacker has already consumed your application's CPU and memory allocations.

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Austin@IamAroke

2026.09.21 07:34

Rate limiting inside application code is a classic trap. By the time your Node, Python, or Go process parses the incoming HTTP request, runs middleware, and executes a Redis check to reject a bot, the attacker has already consumed your application's CPU and memory allocations.

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