Can someone explain what is proxy and reverse proxy in simple terms? or What is proxy and reverse pro

Thanks, everyone! This is super helpful. I didn’t realize how much reverse proxies are used in big sites like Netflix or Cloudflare.

I’ll definitely try setting up Nginx as a reverse proxy—sounds like a fun weekend project.

Quick follow-up: Any gotchas or common mistakes when configuring these for the first time?

Also, big shoutout for the tool recommendations (Traefik, Caddy, HAProxy). Gonna check those out too!