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How We Handle 50K OpenAI Requests/Minute Without Getting Rate Limited
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18 min read8 min readCase Study: How a $240K RAG Failure Teaches Us What Not To Do
An in-depth analysis of a real-world RAG system failure in the legal industry, and the architectural lessons every AI engineer should learn from it.
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Debasish Maji
AI Engineering Lead
January 20, 2026
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