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Tag: proxy

  • Composite screenshot showing the HTTP Toolkit app running on an emulated Android device, on top of the desktop application which is capturing packet data from the emulated device.

    Your 'App' Could Have Been a Webpage (so I fixed it for you...)

    I was asked to install a mobile app to get access to the itinerary of a trip to Disneyland I'm taking with the kids. Fuck that noise: couldn't it have just been a Web page? An hour of reverse-engineering later, it is, and it's superior in virtually every way to the "app" that it replaces.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1171 words)

    • Article
    • 156 comments
    • posted 9 July, 2026
  • An xternal 33.6kbps serial port dial-up modem.

    Internet Services^H Provider

    When you signed up with an ISP, you used to get Web space, email, shared FTP access, a nearby IRC node, newsgroups, and a software bundle. Nowadays you get a shit router, a voucher for a free month of a streaming service you didn't want, and crap customer service. Where did we go wrong?

    Read more - about 6 minutes (1200 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 6 August, 2025
  • After a morning of optimising a nonprofit's reverse proxy configuration, I feel like I've earned my lunch! Four cheese, mushroom and jalapeño quesapizzas, mmm...

    Full image of Gas stovetop.a frying pan contains a tortilla wrap topped with tomato sauce, cheese, mushrooms, and jalapeños. Beside its a plate containing a completed quesapizza: two crispy tortilla wraps sandwiching their contents.
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    Gas stovetop.a frying pan contains a tortilla wrap topped with tomato sauce, cheese, mushrooms, and jalapeños. Beside its a plate containing a completed quesapizza: two crispy tortilla wraps sandwiching their contents.

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    • posted 8 November, 2024
  • Image representing post: Nginx Caching for Passenger Applications

    Nginx Caching for Passenger Applications

    Adding Nginx microcaching to a Passenger application requires a little thought. Let's save you from thinking about it.

    Read more (451 words)

    • Article
    • posted 11 March, 2022

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