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Static IP vs Dynamic IP: What's the Difference?
Have you ever had an app ask you to log in again because "your location has changed"? This is common when you have a dynamic IP address (an IP address that keeps changing).
Karthik Devan
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July 7, 2026
Heroku migration: How to manage outbound IP whitelisting
In 2026, Heroku famously announced that they were entering a so-called "sustaining engineering model", which means they won't be releasing new features or advancing their platform in any meaningful way.
Tom Mikulin
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June 29, 2026
The European Technological Sovereignty Package: What It means for EU businesses
The start of June saw the European Union announce the European Technological Sovereignty Package. The proposal had been delayed three times before it was finally announced on 3rd June, 2026. In short, the policy aims to bolster the EU's autonomy over its digital future.
Megana Natarajan
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June 26, 2026
What is IP whitelisting?
IP Whitelisting is an access control policy that lets only a set of allowed IP addresses access a system, network, or application, while blocking connections from all other IPs. A client will be blocked even if it has the right credentials when its IP is not on the allowlist.
Karthik Devan
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June 22, 2026
How to give kubernetes workloads a static outbound IP
This guide dives into a number of options for giving Kubernetes workloads a static outbound IP such as Cloud NAT, Egress Gateways, and proxy-based routing.
Sam Newby
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June 19, 2026
Lambda static IP without a NAT Gateway
Lambda functions provide no guarantee that they will run with the same IP address every time, and they typically change every hour or so. Sometimes you might need your Lambda function to have a static IP that needs to be allowlisted on a partner API service.
Karthik Devan
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June 17, 2026
How to set a static ip address for an NGINX outbound proxy
While NGINX is famous as a reverse proxy - distributing incoming traffic to backend servers like Puma or Uvicorn, it can also function as a forward proxy (also known as an outbound proxy).
Tom Mikulin
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June 8, 2026
GDPR, Data Residency, and Digital Sovereignty: Why EU Startups Need an EU Proxy
The Shift Toward Digital Sovereignty
Over the last 5 or 10 years there's been a shift in the tech world (especially here in Europe) where the question of infrastructure ownership and data protection finally became important and couldn't be ignored any longer.
Tom Mikulin
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May 25, 2026
How to solve IP whitelisting with an EU-hosted static outbound IP
Intro: The Problem
If you've ever tried to integrate your SaaS with an external API - Stripe, Github, Koyeb, Scalway, AI agents, Kubernetes, MCP servers - you've probably hit the same wall I did:
Tom Mikulin
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February 14, 2026