Handling LLM Provider Rate Limits in Production Apps
Southern_Public42 · reddit · 2026-08-16
A developer is building a feature to route requests across multiple LLM providers to avoid hitting rate limits on free or lower tiers, aiming for a cloud-based solution with minimal maintenance. The discussion seeks advice on whether to build custom fallback logic or use a routing layer/library, and how to structure retry logic without introducing excessive latency for end users.
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