Serve current directory via nginx

nginx.conf

# Simple development setup to serve a directory at http://localhost:9001.
# Start nginx in the directory to serve with `nginx -c ~/nginx.conf`.

# When using a laptop with an above average equipment. 2 workers
# significantly increase the throughput. 4 workers still help
# noticeably. The server slows down With more than 6 workers.
worker_processes 2;
events {
  accept_mutex off;
}

# Run as a foreground process and print errors on the console.
daemon off;
error_log stderr;

http {
  # Serve files with correct mimetypes on OSX. The location may have to
  # be adjusted depending on your OS and nginx installation.
  include /usr/local/etc/nginx/mime.types;

  # Improve the speed of processing requests, even a little.
  access_log off;

  # Optimise serving lots of static files in a quick pace. Share buffers
  # betweek kernel and user spaces. Utilise the full TCP packet length.
  sendfile on;
  sendfile_max_chunk 1m;
  tcp_nopush on;
  tcp_nodelay on;

  server {
    # Serve the content at http://localhost:9001.
    server_name localhost;
    listen 9001;

    # Serve files from the current directory and its descenadants.
    root .;
    # Generate directory listings for paths ending with /.
    autoindex on;
    # Enable the HTTP response compression.
    gzip on;
    # Prevent the browser from fetching the content again if the page reloads
    # very quickly. 5s should be short enough for switching to an editor,
    # saving a change, switching back to the browser and reloading the page.
    expires 5;
    # Do not compute file content or state hashes. The last modification time
    # with the usual file system precision 2s should be enough to support
    # the content validation.
    etag off;
  }
}