Design a distributed rate limiter for an API gateway — Freshworks interview
Reported in Freshworks interview loops. System design testing token bucket, sliding window, and Redis coordination.
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SaaS from Chennai — product engineering and customer-first design.
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100
Reported in Freshworks interview loops. System design testing token bucket, sliding window, and Redis coordination.
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