Well, the point is, Apache comes with enough modules that I never had any need to actually go and compile a custom one. And since they can be loaded at runtime,

Well, the point is, Apache comes with enough modules that I never had any need to actually go and compile a custom one. And since they can be loaded at runtime, in terms of memory you only pay for what you use. I haven't used nginx often, but the default Debian nginx doesn't come with many things included, I find.