Reverse Proxy vs Proxy Server: What's the Real Difference and Which One Should You Use? Alternatively, if yo

OP here—wow, didn’t expect so many replies!

Y’all made the reverse proxy vs proxy server thing way clearer. Gonna test Cloudflare + NGINX for my side project.

One last Q: Any gotchas with reverse proxies for small sites? Like, performance hits or config nightmares?

(Thanks again! This thread’s a goldmine.)