MJMiller Jamesinproxy001.hashnode.dev·4d ago · 13 min readSession Persistence Across Rotating Proxies in Python: The Sticky-IP PatternYour scraper logs in fine, then three requests later it's hit with a CAPTCHA or a fresh login screen — because your rotating proxy handed the next request a different exit IP and the target tied the s00
MJMiller Jamesinproxy-engineering.hashnode.dev·Dec 9, 2025 · 21 min readWeb Scraping Proxy Playbook: From "Works Locally" to Surviving Cloudflare in ProductionYour web scraping proxy setup works flawlessly on your laptop. You ship it to a cloud server, and suddenly you're drowning in 403 errors, CAPTCHAs, and mysterious timeouts. This is the "works locally, fails in production" trap—and it catches nearly e...00
MJMiller Jamesinproxy001-engineering.hashnode.dev·Dec 4, 2025 · 20 min readHow to Detect Whether an IP Is a Proxy: Practical Methods, Code Examples, and Real-World Use CasesProxy detection has become a critical capability for modern web applications. Whether you're protecting an e-commerce platform from fraudulent orders, validating advertising traffic authenticity, or defending APIs against automated abuse, understandi...00
MJMiller Jamesinproxy001.hashnode.dev·Nov 27, 2025 · 3 min readHow to Rotate Residential Proxies in Python to Avoid 403 ErrorsHow to Rotate Residential Proxies in Python to Avoid 403 Errors Web scraping at scale often hits a wall: the 403 Forbidden error. Modern Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) are increasingly aggressive at detecting non-human traffic. While rotating User-...00