Fail-fast vs bounded queue: the overload tradeoff nobody explains well
Queues reshape overload rather than eliminating it. See the tradeoff between immediate rejection and delayed pain.
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When a bounded queue is the right call
Fail-fast gets the good press. But there are real cases where letting requests wait is the better engineering decision.