We use a 1-hour cache for our main rates. I know what you're thinking. 'Wait — isn't live better?'
In theory, yes. In practice, no.
If we gave you a raw, tick-by-tick feed, your numbers would be jittering like a caffeinated hummingbird. When you're trying to convert 800,000 INR to USD, you don't want the last three digits to be a blur while you're trying to read them. You want stability.
So the problem is the user experience. Raw data is ugly.
Actually, scratch that. Raw data is beautiful for machines, but it's stressful for humans. We built floconverter to be a tool you can actually use without getting a headache.
Here's the thing — currency rates don't actually move *that* much in an hour for the average person. Unless there's a black swan event, the 1-hour cache gives you 99.9% accuracy with 100% readability.
Wait — this matters. If the market *does* go crazy, we have a bypass that kicks in. But for 90% of your days, you just want a number that stays still. We spent 11 minutes debating this in our first dev meet, and it was the smartest decision we made. We prioritize your focus over vanity metrics.
