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

The proxy vs reverse proxy debate gets wild when you throw "transparent proxies" into the mix. Those are sneaky—they intercept traffic without clients knowing (ISPs love ‘em).

Reverse proxies shine for canary deployments. Toss 5% of traffic to a new server version and see if it explodes.

Tools:
- Varnish (reverse proxy for caching)
- MITMproxy (for debugging proxy stuff)