You should think about putting rate limiting on your APIs pretty much whenever you're worried about things like getting

hey everyone, ive been thinking about api rate limiting lately. we're starting to see increased usage and i want to make sure were proactively thinking about how to protect our services from abuse and ensure fair usage. what are your go-to strategies for deciding when its time to implement rate limiting. are there specific traffic patterns or user behaviors that trigger this decision for you. curious to hear about your experiences and best practices.