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Notes from the plumbing.
Practical writing on buying, running and paying for proxy infrastructure. No growth hacks.
Pricing
November 8, 2026, 5 min readHow to read a proxy price sheet
The headline number is rarely the number you pay. Six questions that turn a price sheet into a real cost.
Engineering
November 8, 2026, 4 min read Buying infrastructure without buying it twice
Networks fail at the worst moment. Idempotency keys make “try again” safe when real money is involved.
Operations
November 8, 2026, 3 min read A usage number without a timestamp is a guess
“You have 86 GB left” — as of when? Why every usage figure should say how old it is.