Wow, thanks for all the answers! The concert ticket scanner and pizza place analogies totally clicked for me. I think I get what is reverse proxy in simple terms now—it’s like a buffer between users and servers.
I’ll try setting up Nginx this weekend since a few of you recommended it. Quick follow-up: does using a reverse proxy slow things down at all, or is it usually faster because of caching?
P.S. Cloudflare sounds cool too—might check that out after!
I’ll try setting up Nginx this weekend since a few of you recommended it. Quick follow-up: does using a reverse proxy slow things down at all, or is it usually faster because of caching?
P.S. Cloudflare sounds cool too—might check that out after!