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Quick Verdict Caddy is the better choice for self-hosting. It provides automatic HTTPS out of the box, a simple configuration syntax (Caddyfile), and handles 95% of reverse proxy needs with minimal effort. HAProxy is a more powerful load balancer, bu...

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