Need a minimal, easily-modifiable HTTP proxy

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I'm looking for a simple HTTP proxy that I can modify to fix the 
"brokenness" of a website that I use often. One aspect of the 
"brokenness" is that if I visit the site from two different tabs in my 
browser, what I do in one tab will interfere with what happens in the 
other. There are a few other minor issues I want to tweak to my liking. 
I thought a simple local proxy would give me maximum flexibility when it 
comes to the tweaking part.

http://www.xhaus.com/alan/python/proxies.html contains a list of 
potential candidates but it's difficult to get a feel of the ease of 
modification.

I'd like to hear your experience/recommendation if you have solved a 
similar problem before.

Thanks.