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.
Wait till you hear about SearXNG or SxncD
En-eh hinks (with heavy Spanish accent)
My lead dev used to pronounce it njinx and I always needed some time to realize what he’s talking about.
I like to pronounce it as nginks like fucking inks. Yes, with a ng sound in the beginning.
I’m glad there’s pronunciations provided, because to me it looks like it should sound like a slur.
TIL some people pronounced it n-jinx
And ngrok is en-grok, not en-jii-rok…
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.deleted by creator
