Design rate limiting for a free tier with 1,000 requests/day and a paid tier with 100,000/day. How do you handle bursts, communicate limits, and prevent one user from starving others?

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Stay specific. One example, told well, beats three told fast. Make your decisions visible — what you chose between. End on what changed, for whom.

Design rate limiting for a free tier with 1,000 requests/day and a paid tier with 100,000/day. How do you handle bursts, communicate limits, and prevent one user from starving others?

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