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Scaling your API with rate limiters

The following are examples of the four types rate limiters discussed in the accompanying blog post. In the examples below I've used pseudocode-like Ruby, so if you're unfamiliar with Ruby you should be able to easily translate this approach to other languages. Complete examples in Ruby are also provided later in this gist.

In most cases you'll want all these examples to be classes, but I've used simple functions here to keep the code samples brief.

Request rate limiter

This uses a basic token bucket algorithm and relies on the fact that Redis scripts execute atomically. No other operations can run between fetching the count and writing the new count.

@andrewlkho
andrewlkho / debian-strongswan.md
Last active January 3, 2024 03:39
Setting up a secure VPN with strongSwan on debian

With heightening concern regarding the state of internet privacy (fuelled in part by the passing of the Investigatory Powers Act in the UK), I have set up a VPN server on the virtual server I have hosted with Mythic Beasts. This uses strongSwan and certificate-based IKEv2 authentication.

Assumptions:

  • Debian Jessie server already set up and accessible via debian.example.com, a public IPv4 of 203.0.113.1 and a public IPv6 of 2001:db8::1
  • Client username of me
  • Clients are running the latest versions of macOS and iOS (Sierra and 10 respectively at the time of writing)
  • No need to support any other operating systems (although the setup is easily translated)

For automated deployment of a similar setup, albeit Ubuntu-based and using ansible for deployment, I recommend you take a look at Algo VPN. I used that project as a basis for my configuration.

@Arinerron
Arinerron / permissions.txt
Last active March 27, 2024 04:59
A list of all Android permissions...
android.permission.ACCESS_ALL_DOWNLOADS
android.permission.ACCESS_BLUETOOTH_SHARE
android.permission.ACCESS_CACHE_FILESYSTEM
android.permission.ACCESS_CHECKIN_PROPERTIES
android.permission.ACCESS_CONTENT_PROVIDERS_EXTERNALLY
android.permission.ACCESS_DOWNLOAD_MANAGER
android.permission.ACCESS_DOWNLOAD_MANAGER_ADVANCED
android.permission.ACCESS_DRM_CERTIFICATES
android.permission.ACCESS_EPHEMERAL_APPS
android.permission.ACCESS_FM_RADIO
@vasanthk
vasanthk / System Design.md
Last active April 21, 2024 18:14
System Design Cheatsheet

System Design Cheatsheet

Picking the right architecture = Picking the right battles + Managing trade-offs

Basic Steps

  1. Clarify and agree on the scope of the system
  • User cases (description of sequences of events that, taken together, lead to a system doing something useful)
    • Who is going to use it?
    • How are they going to use it?
# Hello, and welcome to makefile basics.
#
# You will learn why `make` is so great, and why, despite its "weird" syntax,
# it is actually a highly expressive, efficient, and powerful way to build
# programs.
#
# Once you're done here, go to
# http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html
# to learn SOOOO much more.
@kachayev
kachayev / concurrency-in-go.md
Last active March 11, 2024 11:27
Channels Are Not Enough or Why Pipelining Is Not That Easy
@plentz
plentz / nginx.conf
Last active April 22, 2024 10:54
Best nginx configuration for improved security(and performance)
# to generate your dhparam.pem file, run in the terminal
openssl dhparam -out /etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam.pem 2048
@dergachev
dergachev / GIF-Screencast-OSX.md
Last active April 19, 2024 11:00
OS X Screencast to animated GIF

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Screencapture GIF

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

@MohamedAlaa
MohamedAlaa / tmux-cheatsheet.markdown
Last active April 18, 2024 10:01
tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname