The trouble with dashboards that hide your real usage
A usage dashboard that only updates once a day is not really a real time picture at all. It is just yesterday's number wearing today's date on it.
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#quotas
Why account-level and network-level quotas should both exist
An account-level quota tracks who you are. A network-level quota tracks where your traffic actually comes from. A serious system needs both.
What network-level rate limiting solves that per-key limits don't
A per-key limit alone assumes one key means one user. Rate limiting by network closes the loophole where that assumption quietly breaks down.