Nix - The IKEA Analogy

By Christian Kemper in nix on

Nix has changed the way I work, it has changed the way I setup developer environments and how I manage my dotfiles. New workstations are up and running in an hour or less. This is a somewhat contrived comparison of nix and flatpack furniture assembly, getting from tools and material…

Nix Flake Recipes

By Christian Kemper in nix on

There are times you think, why on earth have I only come across this now?! This was me almost two years ago, I had just discovered Nix. Originally looking for an alternative to homebrew, I stumbled across a video titled "Nix as a Homebrew replacement". Intrigued, I watched…