Apache is a good piece of software, nothing wrong with it. People like nginx because it's low maintenance but I'm not sure it still has the performance edge for

Apache is a good piece of software, nothing wrong with it. People like nginx because it's low maintenance but I'm not sure it still has the performance edge for _dynamic_ apps. Apache has improved and now has things such as Event MPM inspired by nginx. Nowadays most of us would run applications behind a proxy, not by running mod_php or mod_python directly - which made old school apps very slow. Also Apache is notoriously easy to configure. And Nginx still absolutely rules when delivering static content. There is also Varnish Cache which is very good.