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.
  • eighty@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    1 month ago

    first rule of english pronunciation: there are no rules. All that matters is if people understand what you mean when you say it.

    I gave up on this discussion when you have to consider gin, generate, giraffe, gene, gym, etc

    Also I pronounce it with the soft sound because that’s what it sounds like in the bloody alphabet.