I tried Nix about 3 years ago by naively booting NixOS in WSL, without prior exposure to the Nix ecosystem. At the time, I was mostly curious to find out what the hype around the project was all about, and didn’t have a concrete use case in mind while approaching it. Needless to say, the...
Lately, I've been using Nix more and more as a development platform. Docker has been great, but Nix allows better integration with editors. When I revisit older projects, Nix is a reliable way to ensure they work. Embedded programming is not part of my day-to-day work, so having a Nix flake is a...
Over the past few weeks, I have been immersing myself in mathematics and physics, while also exploring the latest advancements in GPU technologies and the broader world of computing. However, working with Python packages can be a bit challenging when your operating system and configuration are...
I love Nix. I’ve been running NixOS for the past few weeks and it’s been a great experience. However, I started a new job recently and have been thinking about our deployment pipeline and how we will manage build and run-time environments. Finding the boundary between Nix and Docker in this area...