Static rate limiters and circuit breakers require constant manual retuning
Rate limiters and circuit breakers work well only when tuned to current load and capacity, but that load, capacity, and latency drift over time, requiring ongoing manual reconfiguration to stay effective. The poster built an adaptive, self-tuning traffic governor (Levee) to remove this maintenance burden.
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