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NGINX Unit is presented as a universal web application server that runs multiple runtimes (Python, Go, PHP, Java, Node.js, Ruby) and configures apps via a JSON API so deployments are declarative and scriptable. It claims to let monoliths migrate incrementally by running services side‑by‑side, handling virtual hosts, process isolation, and zero‑downtime reloads. Useful takeaways: polylingual runtime support, manage apps as cloud native, JSON API for live config.

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