The problem
A company needed a centralized API gateway to manage authentication, rate limiting, and request routing across multiple microservices.
API
Handling 10K daily requests with 99.9% uptime
Real-time API Gateway
High-performance API gateway handling 10K+ daily requests with auth and rate limiting.
10K requests/dayHeadline metricAPI
FocusedDelivery shapeScoped execution
4Core technologiesPurposeful stack
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The system
Built a .NET-based API gateway with Redis-backed rate limiting, JWT authentication, and intelligent request routing. Containerized with Docker and deployed to Azure with auto-scaling configured.
The outcome
Handling 10K daily requests with 99.9% uptime
Tradeoffs and lessons
Rate limiting strategy matters more than raw performance. Implementing tiered limits (free vs paid) with clear error messages improved developer experience and reduced support tickets.
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