Traefik
Traefik is a reverse proxy and load balancer often used with containerized applications to handle TLS, host and path routing, and service discovery.
Where it fits
It is especially useful when a single domain needs to serve a frontend, an API, and websocket traffic under one routing layer.
Repeated project patterns
- Status Alganize uses Traefik in a Docker-based deployment stack.
- Study Duel explicitly routes SPA, API, and websocket traffic through the same deployment proxy.
Trade-offs
- Reverse proxies simplify deployment boundaries, but they also concentrate routing, TLS, and header behavior into one critical layer.
- Teams need to understand how auth, forwarded headers, and websocket upgrades behave in production.