𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀

𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀

I hit OpenAI rate limits. My app crashed. Users saw blank pages. I spent 300 dollars in one week.

Caching did not help. Switching providers was messy. Rotating keys felt fragile.

I built a proxy. It sits between your app and the AI.

It does these things:

• Routes requests by cost.
• Manages queues.
• Caches responses.
• Hides API keys.

This solved my problem. It has trade-offs.

• Latency increases during fallbacks.
• Response formats vary.
• Monitoring is harder.

Use this pattern if:

• Your traffic spikes.
• Your budget is tight.
• You need high uptime.

Use OpenAI directly for low volume. Use a gateway like Kong for scale.

Add a circuit breaker to stop failing providers.

Create an abstraction layer for all third party APIs. It gives you resilience.

Source: https://dev.to/__c1b9e06dc90a7e0a676b/how-i-stopped-worrying-about-openai-rate-limits-and-costs-40jf Optional learning community: https://t.me/GyaanSetuAi