Question
Simulate a token-bucket rate limiter using integer arithmetic only. The bucket holds up to `capacity` tokens and starts full. It refills at `rate` tokens per second, accrued continuously: between two times, floor((t - last_refill) * rate) tokens are added (capped at capacity), and `last_refill` advances by the whole seconds actually consumed for those tokens to avoid losing fractional credit. Each request (given as non-decreasing integer timestamps) costs 1 token: if a token is available it is ALLOWED and a token is spent, else REJECTED. Return the list of booleans. Assume rate >= 1 and capacity >= 1.
token_bucket(requests: list[int], capacity: int, rate: int) → list[bool][[0,0,0],2,1]out[true,true,false]State your approach and its time/space complexity out loud before you optimize. Handle the edge cases (empty input, duplicates, overflow), and say why you chose this over the brute force. Green tests are the floor, not the grade.
Vibe coding: describe the solution in plain language (or narrate it) and the coach grades your approach. Generating runnable code from your description is coming next.