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/.
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    • @[email protected]English
      6•1 day ago

      No, it’s pronounced Jason. Douglas Crockford was just too laissez-faire to correct anyone on it probably because he didn’t give a fuck.

      • @rishado
        2•17 hours ago

        If you really just say Jason instead of jaysawn/J-sohn you’re nuts and probably drive everyone crazy with that

        • @[email protected]English
          3•10 hours ago

          You & your buddies can keep pronouncing it jaysawn & sounding like complete dorks if it makes you feel better. However, it was clearly intended to be pronounced naturally as Jason like its inventor pronounces it.

          Believing otherwise is almost as bad as the plebs who think the symbol ∅ is inspired by Greek letter φ instead of Scandinavian letter Ø.

          • @rishado
            0•14 hours ago

            Didn’t realize I was buddies with 99% of everyone that’s interacted with JSON!

            Also didn’t know people used the term ‘plebs’ unironically, you sound like an absolute joy to be around

            • @[email protected]English
              2•10 hours ago

              You seem in irrational need for validation of your pronunciation despite clear justification against it. Cool ad populum. Fly that insecurity flag high.

              • @rishado
                0•13 hours ago

                Buddy. The inventor’s intention is not clear justification. Language becomes what is most colloquially used. You’ll be dying on this hill 20 years from now. You argue like a redditor, insufferable

                • @[email protected]English
                  0•13 hours ago

                  There’s the original pronunciation, the suggestive spelling, the common phenomenon of punning in programming, and the natural way people pronounce it as a familiar name when they first see it. Then there’s your camp with a mythical, dorky pronunciation they pull out of nowhere and reinforce because.

                  I think people are fine to call it Jason & drive you irrationally mad.

                  • @rishado
                    1•12 hours ago

                    No, there’s only two categories here.

                    The original pronunciation, Jason, and the natural way, being jaysawn. Literally acknowledged by Crawford:

                    “Douglas Crockford, who named and promoted the JSON format, says it’s pronounced like the name Jason. But somehow, ‘JAY-sawn’[note 1] seems to have become more common in the technical community.”

                    I wonder why it became more common? Could it be that jay-sawn is the “natural way people pronounce it”? No, it must be a bunch of dorks that pronounce it wrong just because, right?