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
  1. Title (website): “nginx”. Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
    • §“nginx”. ¶1.
  • Horse {they/them}@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I use both pronunciations, but the only argument I’ve ever believed for the proper one is that the creator pronounced it “jif”

    Yeah, but they’re wrong, so it’s hard G