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Lesson 24 — Sliding-window rate limiter
Fair limits over time
Keep timestamps of recent calls and allow a request only if fewer than N happened in the window.
Why it matters: it caps traffic precisely, unlike fixed windows.
Task
Allow 2 calls per window; block the third.
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