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TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx" (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month 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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  1. 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 weeks ago

And ngrok is en-grok, not en-jii-rok...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

TIL some people pronounced it n-jinx

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

N-gin? Cortex's henchman???

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Wait till you find out about quay

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Thank you for saving me from future embarrassment.

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

En-eh hinks (with heavy Spanish accent)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Wait till you hear about SearXNG or SxncD

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I like to pronounce it as nginks like fucking inks. Yes, with a ng sound in the beginning.

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

Like the Vietnamese name? So... "Wininks" ?

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

Yes, like the Vietnamese name "Nguyen", but not like "wininks". The best I could describe it is as a hybrid between "ninks" and "ginks". Pronounce the first consonant with the back of your tongue while keeping the image of pronouncing an "n" sound in your head.

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

Oh shit my bad, I mixed Ng and Nguyen, thanks for correcting me.
Also that's hilarious, I'm totally trying that one with the lads Monday, they're gonna love it :D

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

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

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