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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.

References

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

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Wait till you hear about SearXNG or SxncD

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

N-gin? Cortex's henchman???

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Thank you for saving me from future embarrassment.

Or just becoming terminal "um actually"-er like I've become with epoch

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

Nginx is atrocious. I about have a stroke every time I have to work with it. Caddy is 1000x easier to set up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Please no! Not another fucking reverse proxy. I can't take it anymore T_T

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

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.

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

Don’t wanna yuck y’all’s yum but gross

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

Omg really was someone pronouncing like "njinks"??? Wtf is wrong with you lol

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

Who cares? Pronounce it whichever way you want as long as it's clear/understandable. It would take longer for me to understand what piece of software engine-x is, but it takes a second at most.

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