Tag
serverless
5 posts
Distributed Rate Limiting Without Redis
In-memory rate limiters silently break the moment you run more than one instance. Here's why — and how to throttle outbound API calls without standing up Redis.
Fixing Shopify API Rate Limits (2 Calls Per Second)
"Exceeded 2 calls per second for api client" is the Shopify error every bulk sync hits. Here's how to pace your writes to Shopify and stop the 429s.
How to Handle Stripe API Rate Limits (429 Errors)
Stripe returns 429 when you call it too fast — and bulk jobs across multiple workers hit it easily. Here's how to pace your writes to Stripe without a 429.
How to Schedule Background Jobs in Cloudflare Workers (Without Durable Objects)
Learn how to schedule HTTP callbacks, cron jobs, and retries in Cloudflare Workers without Durable Objects — using one API call.
Why We Built Fliq: The Case Against Self-Hosted Job Queues
The story of how a Go learning project turned into a serverless HTTP workflow platform — and why we think self-hosted job queues are on their way out.