52 Minutes a Year: What 99.99% Availability Actually Costs
Everyone puts 99.9% in their SLA. Few know what it actually costs to hit it — and almost nobody distinguishes between a service that's 'up' and one that's actually reliable.
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Everyone puts 99.9% in their SLA. Few know what it actually costs to hit it — and almost nobody distinguishes between a service that's 'up' and one that's actually reliable.
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What rate limiting really is, why systems need it, and how to think about capacity enforcement. A practical guide from a 4 AM post-launch incident to the mental models that prevent them.
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