nginx (“engine x”) is an HTTP web server, reverse proxy, content cache, load balancer, TCP/UDP proxy server, and mail proxy server. […] [1]
I still pronounce it as “n-jinx” in my head.
References
- Title (website): “nginx”. Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
- §“nginx”. ¶1.
TIL some people pronounced it n-jinx
I mean every time I hear about the damn thing it’s because it’s been misconfigured and is causing some fucking ruckus. The whole thing is cursed so jinx really feels appropriate where I’m standing from.
I’m glad there’s pronunciations provided, because to me it looks like it should sound like a slur.
My colleagues were right?!
But of course they pronounce the “ine” as in brine (we are French), which is what really hurts my ears, ugh.And ngrok is en-grok, not en-jii-rok…
And JSON is pronounced “javascripton“
Occasionally i feel myself longing back to the good ol’ JSOFF times.
Nginx is atrocious. I about have a stroke every time I have to work with it. Caddy is 1000x easier to set up.
Please no! Not another fucking reverse proxy. I can’t take it anymore T_T
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N-gin? Cortex’s henchman???
