Hacker News with Generative AI: Nix

Improved evaluation times with pre-resolved Nix store paths (determinate.systems)
Building things with Nix is pretty amazing. You point Nix at a flake reference for a derivation and say “build!” It then spins up a sandbox and reproducibly creates real bytes on disk. Those bytes on disk could be a single hello.txt file or a hefty Docker image or a fully functional NixOS system—or much else besides.

Nix, Software Development, Build Systems

41 points by biggestlou 8 days ago | 45 comments

Persistent packages on Steam Deck using Nix (chrastecky.dev)
The Steam Deck (and SteamOS) delivers a fantastic console-like experience on a Linux system. However, its immutable filesystem means that installing packages that persist across system upgrades isn’t straightforward. Fortunately, with a little Nix magic, you can work around that limitation.

Steam Deck, Linux, Nix, Gaming, Operating Systems

147 points by Rikudou 11 days ago | 109 comments

The Nix NGI Team: Advancing Open Source with Nix (nixos.org)

Open Source, Nix, Operating Systems

78 points by idabzo 27 days ago | 29 comments

Nix – Death by a Thousand Cuts (dgt.is)
This is my perspective on using Nix (the OS, the package manager, and the language) as a main driver for the past 2 years. I have gone to conferences, engaged the community, donated, submitted bug reports, converted my home servers, and probably spent hundreds of hours in Nix configs. I consider myself well versed, but certainly no expert.

Operating Systems, Package Management, Nix, Software

348 points by jonotime 40 days ago | 326 comments

Home Manager: Dotfiles Management (gvolpe.com)
This project provides a basic system for managing a user environment using the Nix package manager together with the Nix libraries found in Nixpkgs. It allows declarative configuration of user specific (non-global) packages and dotfiles.

Configuration Management, Nix, Dotfiles

24 points by todsacerdoti 64 days ago | 12 comments

The future of software is Nix (determinate.systems)
The future of software is Nix and we at Determinate Systems want to have a role in building that future.

Software Development, Nix

42 points by biggestlou 118 days ago | 61 comments

Nix at work: FlakeHub Cache and private flakes (determinate.systems)
Today, we’re delighted to announce a new chapter for FlakeHub with the general availability of two new features: FlakeHub Cache and private flakes.

Nix, Software, Cloud Computing, Caching

34 points by grhmc 120 days ago | 29 comments

Determinate Nix (nixos.org)

Operating Systems, Linux, Package Management, Nix

6 points by aendruk 121 days ago | 0 comments

How to Learn Nix (ianthehenry.com)
I tried to learn Nix, and it was pretty hard. I kept a diary of every command I tried, every wrong assumption that I made, and every realization that I had along the way.

Nix, Learning, Operating Systems, Tutorials, Programming

25 points by dp-hackernews 147 days ago | 7 comments

Nix in 100 Seconds [video] (youtube.com)

Nix, Video Tutorials, Operating Systems

41 points by jkarni 182 days ago | 16 comments

Nix Alternatives and Spinoffs (lwn.net)

Nix, Operating Systems, Linux, Software, Alternatives

4 points by jzb 224 days ago | 0 comments

Parallel Nix Evaluation (determinate.systems)

Parallel Computing, Nix, System Administration, Software Development

7 points by tripdout 237 days ago | 0 comments

Flox 1.1: Time Travel Across 100k+ Nix Packages (flox.dev)