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submitted 4 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] 2 points 4 months ago

I'm glad there's pronunciations provided, because to me it looks like it should sound like a slur.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

N-gin? Cortex's henchman???

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

@Kalcifer And
(At least in some LATAM places) SQL is "pronounced" as SEQUEL...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 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.