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TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx" (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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Title (website): "nginx". Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
- §"nginx". ¶1.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

you mean its not En Gee Nix?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

similar problem with kubectl

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

My lead dev used to pronounce it njinx and I always needed some time to realize what he's talking about.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

It's short enough I just spell it out

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

suddenly it all makes sense.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I've always pronounced it "In-jen-iks". I blame Jurassic Park and it's fictional biotech company InGen, but it does kinda also sound like "eugenics". But I dunno man, if you want everyone to pronounce your software a specific way maybe spell it in a manner where the pronunciation is more obvious? Just a thought.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Now you'll tell me it's not pronounced Hap Roxy!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I just kind of knew that, but not sure how.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I split the middle with en-JIN-iks (which is how I heard it said long before I saw it written)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

People pronounce GIF with a hard G, even though it's officially JIF, so who cares? /s, nothing agaisnt you, OP.

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