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What are some common use cases for NGINX?

Common use cases for NGINX are web severs, reverse proxying, caching, and streaming media.

How does NGINX handle tasks that could slow down the web server?

NGINX handles tasks that could slow down the web server are reverse proxying and load balancing

Describe, as if to a non-technical friend how to actually pronounce “NGINX”, and why an org might chooose to use it.

It is pronounced engine-x and an org might choose it because it sounds like engine x which could be named for an behind the scenes engine for a web page

Source: What is NGINX?

What I would like to know more about

I have never really messed around with NGINX and I really hope I get to learn more about it and what it does.