What's the difference between proxy vs reverse proxy? Which one should I use? Alternatively, if you prefer a

You got the gist! One angle ppl miss: reverse proxies can handle compression and request filtering too. Like, Cloudflare’s reverse proxy can strip malicious payloads before they hit your server.

For regular proxies, remember they can slow things down if not configured right. Always test latency!

Tools:
- Cloudflare (reverse proxy + more)
- Apache Traffic Server (scalable AF)