my nginx *.dev config - the first line in each file is the full path to the file because gists don't give enough context. see https://gist.github.com/neonstalwart/5246908 for some extra config for virtualbox (not included here because it's ugly)

config

# /usr/local/etc/nginx/common

index index.html index.htm index.json;

if_modified_since before;

location ~ /\.(svn|git|ht) {
    deny all;
}

location ~ \.svgz$ {
    add_header Content-Encoding gzip;
}

location ~ \.(?:woff|ttf|otf|svgz)$ {
    expires max;
}

gzip on;
gzip_comp_level 9;
gzip_min_length 128;
gzip_types text/javascript text/css application/x-javascript application/javascript application/json;
gzip_vary on;
gzip_proxied any;

debug.conf

# /usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.d/debug

#log-facility=/usr/local/var/log/dnsmasq/logs
#log-dhcp
#log-queries

dev

# /usr/locar/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/dev
 
 
# Catch any request for *.dev
server {
	listen 80;
	server_name *.dev;
	root /Users/neonstalwart/Hosts/$host;
 
	include common;
 
	autoindex on;
 
	location / {
		try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
	}
}
 
include /Users/neonstalwart/Hosts/*.nginx;

dev.conf

# /usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.d/dev

# *.dev DNS resolution
listen-address=127.0.0.1
address=/.dev/127.0.0.1

dev.resolver

# /etc/resolver/dev

nameserver 127.0.0.1
port 53
domain dev
search_order 1

dnsmasq.conf

# /usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf

conf-dir=/usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.d

homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq.plist

# /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq.plist 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
      <string>/usr/local/sbin/dnsmasq</string>
      <string>--keep-in-foreground</string>
    </array>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <dict>
      <key>NetworkState</key>
      <true/>
    </dict>
  </dict>
</plist>

mxcl.nginx.plist

# /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.nginx.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>homebrew.mxcl.nginx</string>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <false/>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/usr/local/opt/nginx/sbin/nginx</string>
        <string>-g</string>
        <string>daemon off;</string>
    </array>
    <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
    <string>/usr/local</string>
  </dict>
</plist>

nginx.conf

# /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf


worker_processes 2;
pid /usr/local/var/run/nginx.pid;

events {
	worker_connections 1024;
}

http {

	##
	# Basic Settings
	##

	sendfile on;
	tcp_nopush on;
	tcp_nodelay on;
	keepalive_timeout 65;
	types_hash_max_size 2048;
	# server_tokens off;

	# server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
	# server_name_in_redirect off;

	include /usr/local/etc/nginx/mime.types;
	default_type application/octet-stream;

	##
	# Logging Settings
	##

	access_log /usr/local/var/log/nginx/access.log;
	error_log /usr/local/var/log/nginx/error.log;

	##
	# Gzip Settings
	##

	gzip on;
	gzip_disable "msie6";

	# gzip_vary on;
	# gzip_proxied any;
	# gzip_comp_level 6;
	# gzip_buffers 16 8k;
	# gzip_http_version 1.1;
	# gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;

	##
	# SSL
	##

#	server {
#		listen 443 default_server ssl;
#		ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem;
#		ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key;
#	}

	##
	# Virtual Host Configs
	##

	include /usr/local/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
}

voro.dev.nginx

# ~/Hosts/voro.dev.nginx

# server for voro.dev
server {
    server_name voro.dev;

 location /static {
   try_files /Users/neonstalwart/code/voro/voro-server/release/$uri /Users/neonstalwart/code/voro/voro-server/src/$uri =404;
 }

    location / {
        try_files $uri @node;
    }

    location @node {
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $http_host;
        proxy_pass http://localhost:8082;
    }
}