Getting hit with status code: 429 - How do you handle rate limiting effectively? or Status code: 429

Yup, 429s are the worst.

I’ve had success with `got-scraping` (for JS)—it handles retries and backoff automagically.

Another trick: delay aggressive scraping during peak hours. Servers are less forgiving when they’re busy.

Oh, and log your fails! Sometimes the pattern isn’t obvious until you see it all laid out.