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submitted 6 months ago by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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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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[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 points 6 months ago

[–] seth_arimainyu@ieji.de 1 points 6 months ago

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

[–] geogeogeo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Thank you for saving me from future embarrassment.

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

[–] jmankman@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 6 months ago

N-gin? Cortex's henchman???

[–] Rexios@lemm.ee 1 points 6 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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