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Proxy Warm-Up Strategy: How to Safely Introduce New IP Pools (2026 Guide)

A 2026 guide to safely warming up new proxy IP pools before full production traffic. Explains why sudden volume triggers detection, and outlines a practical warm-up process using low concurrency ramp-up, target distribution, human-like pacing, and early reputation monitoring to protect long-term success rates and IP longevity.

How to Scale From 100K to 10M Requests Per Day (2026 Infrastructure Playbook)

A 2026 infrastructure playbook for scaling automation from 100K to 10M daily requests without triggering mass bans or performance collapse. Covers phased scaling discipline, workload segmentation, IP reputation controls, concurrency and geo-distribution strategies, and cost-per-successful-request optimization for sustainable throughput.

Proxy vs VPN vs Tor for Automation Workloads (2026 Technical Comparison)

A 2026 technical comparison explaining why proxies, VPNs, and Tor are not interchangeable for automation. Breaks down architectural differences, performance tradeoffs, rotation and concurrency limitations, and when each option fits enterprise scraping, SEO monitoring, and AI data collection—plus key security and compliance considerations.

How to Monitor Proxy Performance in Production (2026 Engineering Guide)

A comprehensive 2026 engineering guide to monitoring proxy performance in production. Covers core metrics like success rate, latency percentiles, block classification, health scoring, alert thresholds, and observability architecture to ensure stable, scalable scraping and automation infrastructure.

Using Bulk Proxies with Scrapy & Selenium

A practical, code-forward guide to wiring bulk proxies into Scrapy and Selenium, with rotation, sticky sessions, ban detection, and scaling strategies.

Python Proxy Patterns for Large-Scale Automation

This article explores practical Python proxy patterns for large-scale automation and scraping, from simple per-request proxies to robust rotation, pooling, and failover strategies. It walks through concrete implementations using requests, httpx, aiohttp, and Selenium, with guidance on retries, backoff, logging, and observability so teams can safely scale proxy-based workloads in production.

Proxy Rotation in Python: A Practical, Code-First Guide

A hands-on guide to reliable proxy rotation in Python using requests and aiohttp, with tactics for retries, bans, concurrency, and compliance.

Managing Large Proxy Lists

A practical playbook for normalizing, validating, rotating, and monitoring large proxy inventories while keeping cost, reliability, and compliance under control.

HTTP vs SOCKS Proxies for Scraping: When to Use Each

A practical, hands-on guide to choosing between HTTP and SOCKS5 proxies for web scraping, with comparisons, examples, and setup tips for modern scraping stacks.

A Developer’s Guide to Debugging Scraper Blocks

This article walks developers through a practical workflow for debugging scraper blocks, from identifying detection signals and fixing HTTP errors to tuning fingerprints, headers, and proxies. It also covers rate limiting strategies, logging patterns, and when to switch tools or targets so large-scale scraping jobs stay stable over time.

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