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02 · Spike-proof the boring stuff

Flow Control

Throttle, debounce, rate-limit, and cap concurrency, declaratively per-tenant or globally. Survive flash sales, runaway LLM bills, and noisy webhook providers.

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concurrency3 lanes · 12 rps throttle

Patterns

01Flash sales and bursty workflowsUse throttle, concurrency, debounce, and idempotency to handle traffic spikes without overwhelming downstream services.
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