Introduction Imagine you're running a cloud storage platform — thousands of users uploading files, downloading documents, sharing links — all day, every day. Now imagine a hacker decides to hammer your server with thousands of fake requests per second. Without protection, your server slows to a crawl, real users get locked out, and your business takes a hit. That's exactly the problem I was asked to solve. My task: build a tool that watches all incoming web traffic in real time, learns what "normal" looks like, and automatically blocks attackers — without any human intervention. In this post I'll walk you through exactly how I built it, piece by piece, in beginner-friendly terms. No security background required.…