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loadgen-rs (Short): Results, Quick Start, and Tool Choice

A short version of the loadgen-rs article: what it does, benchmark highlights vs h2load, when to choose which tool, and how to start quickly in single-node and distributed mode.

loadgen-rs (Short): Results, Quick Start, and Tool Choice
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loadgen-rs: An HTTP Benchmark Client in Rust

How I built an HTTP benchmark client in Rust that supports HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3 — machine-readable output, distributed multi-node mode, Terraform/Ansible cloud deployment, and what CPU profiling revealed about the performance ceiling.

loadgen-rs: An HTTP Benchmark Client in Rust
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cert-manager-webhook-libdns: One Webhook, Many DNS Providers

How cert-manager-webhook-libdns enables DNS-01 across many DNS providers via libdns, with practical operational improvements, compatibility automation, and a quick Kubernetes deployment path.

cert-manager-webhook-libdns: One Webhook, Many DNS Providers
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ESO (External Secrets Operator) Breaking Change in 0.10.0

ESO (External Secrets Operator) breaking change in 0.10.0: "secret does not contain needed label... Update secret label to use it with webhook".

ESO (External Secrets Operator) Breaking Change in 0.10.0

How to Run Tor Arti as an HTTP Proxy or Behind a g3 HTTP Proxy

How to run Tor Arti as an HTTP proxy or behind a g3 HTTP proxy.

How to Run Tor Arti as an HTTP Proxy or Behind a g3 HTTP Proxy
Sequence diagram: tls-proxy-tunnel relaying an HTTP CONNECT through an upstream proxy to open a tunnel, after which the client completes a TLS handshake directly with the destination server

tls-proxy-tunnel: Transparent TLS Tunnelling Through Corporate HTTP Proxies

How tls-proxy-tunnel (tpt) uses SNI peeking to tunnel TLS connections through corporate HTTP CONNECT proxies without ever terminating TLS — layer 4, zero config on the client side.

tls-proxy-tunnel: Transparent TLS Tunnelling Through Corporate HTTP Proxies