What Is a Reverse Proxy? (And Why Every Backend Developer Should Care) (opens in new tab)

Last Updated on May 29, 2026 by Editorial Team Author(s): Error Originally published on Towards AI. What Is a Reverse Proxy? (And Why Every Backend Developer Should Care) Imagine you’ve built a web app. You have a backend API, maybe a separate service for authentication, another for image processing, and a frontend. They all run on different ports or even different servers. A user types your domain into their browser — how does the request know where to go? Reverse Proxy FlowAfter the lead, t...