The latest guides, research, and updates from the Proxidize team.
Zeid Abughazaleh on Oct 30, 2026Use a proxy in Node.js through an Undici `ProxyAgent`, an Axios `proxy` object, or `undici.request()` with a dispatcher. Keep credentials outside source code, set a timeout, and validate the returned data. Test the observed exit IP before running the client against its intended destination.
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Navya Donkena on Aug 18, 2026If you use Scrapy to crawl websites at scale, sending every request directly from your own IP can lead to rate limits, blocked requests, or location-based restrictions.
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Yazan Sharawi on Aug 18, 2026To build an e-commerce price monitoring system, separate the shared collection pipeline from retailer-specific network, session, context, and validation policies. For authorized monitoring across Amazon, Walmart, and Target, residential proxies are the practical starting point. Use rotation when each product observation is independent, and use a sticky session when a worker must preserve a marketplace, delivery destination, selected store, ZIP code, cookies, product variant, seller, or fulfillment context. Target the proxy to a country or city compatible with the shopping context, but set and validate the retailer's location separately.
Read postYazan Sharawi on Aug 17, 2026A proxy session is the period during which an agent task remains bound to one network identity and routing policy. Use a sticky session for a coherent, multi-step workflow such as selecting a location, opening related pages, maintaining a cart, or continuing an authorized login. Rotate between independent work units. Changing IPs midway can invalidate the website session or mix localized contexts.
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Mahmoud Kassab on Aug 17, 2026TCP evolved from a basic reliable transport protocol into a much more sophisticated system for managing bandwidth, latency, packet loss, and congestion. Improvements such as slow start, window scaling, SACK, packet pacing, ECN, RACK, CUBIC, and BBR allow modern TCP connections to use faster networks efficiently while adapting to changing network conditions.
Read postYazan Sharawi on Aug 17, 2026Proxidize ranks first for teams running their own ad-verification stack. Its residential network supports global checks, while its mobile network supports United States mobile observations. Bright Data, Oxylabs, Decodo, SOAX, DataImpulse, and IPRoyal serve different enterprise, pricing, targeting, or session needs.
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Omar Hussein on Aug 14, 2026Secure proxy credentials in CI/CD by using protected secret stores, trusted jobs, redacted logs, scoped access, and rapid revocation. Use username/password authentication when hosted runners' public IPs can change. Use IP allowlisting when controlled runners have stable public egress. Neither method is safe when untrusted code can execute inside the secret-bearing job.
Read postYazan Sharawi on Aug 14, 2026Rotating residential proxies are a practical default for many multi-retailer price-monitoring systems because they provide broad geographic coverage and let collectors distribute independent observations across residential IPs. Use a sticky session for stateful work units that set a delivery location, store, variant, seller, fulfillment method, or cart context. Proxidize is a strong fit for self-managed systems that prioritize low-cost residential traffic, unlimited concurrency, rotating and sticky sessions, and non-expiring bandwidth. Bright Data, Oxylabs, and Decodo fit teams that also want separately billed ecommerce scraper products.
Read postYazan Sharawi on Aug 13, 2026Browserbase is the strongest general starting point for teams that want a mature managed-browser platform with Playwright, Puppeteer, persistent contexts, detailed session observability, custom proxies, and a first-party agent ecosystem around Stagehand. Browserless is the better fit for teams that already have browser-automation code, want broad browser and protocol support, or need an open-source self-hosting path. Steel is the most accessible option for combining open-source browser infrastructure with a bring-your-own-proxy setup because its documentation makes BYOP available across cloud and open-source deployments without a Steel proxy surcharge.
Read postYazan Sharawi on Aug 12, 2026For authorized Target monitoring, rotating residential proxies are usually the best default for independent product checks, while sticky sessions help preserve a selected store, delivery ZIP, cookies, variant, and fulfillment context. Proxidize is the best-value raw proxy option in this comparison at $1/GB. Bright Data, Oxylabs, and Decodo also offer separately billed Target-specific scraper products for teams that prefer managed retrieval and parsing.
Read postZeid Abughazaleh on Aug 12, 2026TL;DR: Free proxies trade a zero-dollar price for uncertain ownership, weak reliability, and little control.
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