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.
    • Kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      2·
      5 hours ago

      No [1.1].

      EDIT 2025-02-28T10:17Z: Actually, @Aatube@kbin.melroy.org, I was wrong in my initial interpretation [1.2]. So, from what I can tell, you are, in actuality, the only one itt! 😊

      References
      1. Type: Post. “TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx"”. Author: “Kalcifer” @Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works. Publisher: “Programmer Humor” !programmer_humor@programming.dev. sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Published: 2025-02-26T23:27:35Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33487588.
        1. Type: Comment. Author: @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world. Published: 2025-02-27T00:18:34Z. Accessed: 2025-02-28T06:38Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33487588/16948274.

          • I always heard it as /ŋiŋks/ in my mind

        2. Type: Comment. Author: @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world. Published: 2025-02-28T09:09:54. Accessed: 2025-02-28T10:24Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33487588/16975245.

          Nope.

          • The thread from which that quote originated was as follows:

            TIL that “nginx” is pronounced “engine-x”, and not “n-jinx” […]

            I always heard it as /ŋiŋks/ in my mind

            Do you mean /ɲiɲks/? […]

            Nope.