Reviews & Comparisons
Engineering-first analysis of proxy and infrastructure providers.
Build Your Own Proxy Endpoints with AWS, Tailscale & UniFi
Step-by-step guide to building cloud proxy exit nodes from $3.50/mo using AWS Lightsail, Tailscale, and UniFi Site Manager.
How to Protect Your Home IP When Running Proxy Infrastructure
Prevent ISP bans and protect your residential IP when hosting proxies. Covers dual-WAN, VPN tunneling, CGNAT, and traffic isolation.
Cheapest DIY Residential Proxy 2026: Build One for Under $5/Month
Complete cost breakdown for building your own residential proxy with a Raspberry Pi and 4G modem. Hardware list, rotation scripts, and break-even analysis.
429 Too Many Requests: Rate Limiting for Scrapers
How rate limiting works, why your scraper gets 429 errors, and engineering patterns for handling request throttling at scale.
Cloudflare Error 1020 When Scraping: What It Means
Why Cloudflare blocks your scraper with Error 1020 and how its WAF, TLS fingerprinting, and IP reputation systems actually work.
Cloudflare Turnstile vs Scrapers: How It Works in 2026
How Cloudflare Turnstile's invisible challenges detect bots. Covers managed challenges, browser attestation, and the end of CAPTCHAs.
How Datadome Bot Detection Works Under the Hood
Technical deep dive into Datadome's detection: JS fingerprinting, Picasso challenges, TLS analysis, and behavioral ML. What scrapers face.
HTTP 403 Forbidden in Web Scraping: Every Cause Explained
Complete breakdown of why web scrapers get 403 errors. Covers header analysis, TLS detection, IP blocks, and anti-bot systems.
Best Residential Proxy Providers 2026: Enterprise Comparison
Definitive comparison of Bright Data, Oxylabs, Smartproxy & more for B2B data teams. Performance benchmarks, pricing, API quality.
Best Vector Database 2026: Production AI Infrastructure Guide
Compare Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, Milvus, Chroma & pgvector for RAG, semantic search and AI workloads. Benchmarks included.
Bright Data vs Oxylabs 2026: Which Proxy Fits Your Stack?
In-depth comparison of Bright Data and Oxylabs for web scraping, AI data pipelines, and ad verification.