Nix

Creator

Creator

Seonglae Cho

Created

Created

2022 Feb 1 16:37

Editor

Editor

Seonglae Cho

Edited

Edited

2025 May 27 22:49

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Software Packing

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Nix stores packages and environments in unique hash paths under /nix/store, ensuring identical builds whenever the inputs are the same.

Dependency pinning with Flakes: Uses flake.nix and flake.lock files to pin all project dependencies with cryptographic hashes, making builds reproducible even years later

https://www.dgt.is/blog/2025-01-10-nix-death-by-a-thousand-cuts/

Desktop use of Nix(OS) still isn't recommended for even seasoned Linux users in its current state.

Nix - Death by a thousand cuts

thoughts, talks, docs and unpopular opinions

https://www.dgt.is/blog/2025-01-10-nix-death-by-a-thousand-cuts/

What is Nix

Declarative, reproducible development environments No more "works on my machine." Create environments that work seamlessly and are easily sharable across platforms. Declarative, reproducible package builds No more broken builds or mysterious installation processes. Nix builds packages from scratch every time. The largest package repository in existence Nixpkgs offers over 80,000 packages and continues to grow every day.

Zero to Nix

https://zero-to-nix.com/

I read and summarised The Purely Functional Software Deployment Model by Eelco Dolstra

The Nix Thesis

https://jonathanlorimer.dev/posts/nix-thesis.html

The Nix Thesis

I Think It's Time to Give Nix a Chance | Chinmay D. Pai

An honest look at why Nix's complex but powerful approach to package management and reproducible environments is worth considering.

https://maych.in/blog/its-time-to-give-nix-a-chance/

Backlinks

Mac OS Development Environment Tool Configuration Language

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