It’s a classic. Binance will give you 429 errors to back off then 418s to tell y...

hinkley · 2024-11-21T18:19:15 1732213155

Google’s spiders will punish you for giving them too many 429 responses. It’s hell for hosting sites with vanity urls. They can’t tell they’re sending you 50+ req/s.

It’s practically a protection racket. Only AWS gets the money.

wbl · 2024-11-21T19:14:51 1732216491

50 requests/sec? Did you forget a few zeros?

hinkley · 2024-11-21T19:38:27 1732217907

Little’s law is a bitch, and you can get away with a little throttling but not much.

Also, that’s a bit dismissive for HN.