706 sats \ 5 replies \ @TheWildHustle 8 Feb \ on: Nix Office Hours NixOS
Nice!
How long have you been using Nix, and why are you bullish?
Thanks,
Hustle
fell down the rabbit hole in 2020, started using NixOS full time late that year. Got slowly better at it bit by bit. At first I was just checking how real the hype was, but now fully Nix-pilled.
It's how packaging should be. Everything that came from it--Nixpkgs, NixOS, etc--is downstream of the big idea: make software builds functional, as data processed by functions that compose. Throw that imperative, stateful bullshit away and computers become way easier to work with over time.
Nixpkgs is the virtual Library of Alexandria for open source software.
NixOS is the single best way to build, configure, and manager operating systems.
Nix is the first legit universal package manager.
The community is true no-compromise open source hackers.
How could one not be bullish? :)
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I'm a nix noob,
Fell down the rabbit hole 2023 when I started seeing nix for bitcoiners stuff on youtube.
I'm seeing Nix as a new paradigm in computing.
I need to take advantage of the tools similar to taking advantage of privacy tools/coin control in bitcoin.
Looking forward to doing more stuff with flakes, and setting up a really nice modular build on my desktop and laptop.
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for sure man, I see nix as being a crucial part of open source software's future.