This was my first time dealing with APIs at scale, so I didn't do a whole lot of protection. I'm glad the site got botted though, I learned a lot about rate-lim

This was my first time dealing with APIs at scale, so I didn't do a whole lot of protection. I'm glad the site got botted though, I learned a lot about rate-limits, and the botter (from MIT) was kind enough to help me protect the API from future botters. It was a great learning experience, and I'd gladly do it again