The latest articles on DEV Community by Md. Mahmudul Hasan Dip (@mhasandip). https://dev.to/mhasandip https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3689574%2F63904f8e-b601-41d0-b904-d56be6863981.png https://dev.to/mhasandip en Md. Mahmudul Hasan Dip Fri, 02 Jan 2026 09:15:08 +0000 https://dev.to/mhasandip/im-building-a-small-api-abuse-prevention-starter-kit-for-go-early-access-4afi https://dev.to/mhasandip/im-building-a-small-api-abuse-prevention-starter-kit-for-go-early-access-4afi <p>API abuse is one of those problems most teams ignore until it becomes a production incident.</p> <p>Things I’ve seen repeatedly:</p> <ul> <li>accidental DDoS from clients</li> <li>brute-force attempts</li> <li>badly configured rate limits</li> <li>last-minute fixes under pressure</li> </ul> <p>I’m building a <strong>small, focused starter kit for Go</strong> that helps backend engineers add:</p> <ul> <li>rate limiting</li> <li>abuse prevention patterns</li> <li>safe production defaults</li> </ul> <p>No dashboards.<br> No UI.<br> No over-engineering.</p> <p>This is early access and I’m validating demand before finishing the full kit.</p> <p>Feedback welcome.</p> <p>Early access: <a href="https://ablazedip.gumroad.com/l/go-api-abuse-prevention" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ablazedip.gumroad.com/l/go-api-abuse-prevention</a></p> security showdev go api