The Engine of the Web

Single Page Apps, frontends, backends, cloud, on-premise, CDNs, load balancers, all of the ways you can think of to deploy an application usually have one thing in common - they’re all being accessed by magical entrypoint we call a web server, and in 2024, none is more ubiquitous than NGINX.

Come and join me in exploring all of the different use-cases of this swiss army knife of a program - from serving static files, proxying requests, or even invoking your PHP code directly NGINX does it all, does it simply, and does it pretty damn fast.

We’ll dive into configuration examples, performance optimisations, and best practices to ensure you’re getting the most out of your NGINX setup. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just starting out, there’s something here for everyone. (Yes this last paragraph is ChatGPT, how’d you guess?)