nix-cde VS terraform-switcher

This is what I'm using with gitlab: https://github.com/takeda/nix-cde/blob/master/contrib/gitlab...

I myself use https://github.com/takeda/nix-cde it just wraps other projects in an opinionated way and contains the boiler plate that I would normally use otherwise.

There's a project that does this with using Nix: https://github.com/takeda/nix-cde (this is a wrapper around https://github.com/nix-community/poetry2nix)

I personally use this: https://github.com/takeda/nix-cde it has the benefit of a reproducible build environment, but unfortunately anything involving Nix has a steep learning curve.

I use this myself: https://github.com/takeda/nix-cde

I don't use NixOS myself, but have Nix installed on my Mac, and it seems to provide all functionality of package or version managers I needed.

I think though it is more complex because it is a programming language that provides this functionality instead of purpose build tool like asdf.

For my needs I created a framework for development: https://github.com/takeda/nix-cde to avoid cruft of including the same things over and over in my projects.

Not an OP, but I became a big fan of using poetry for managing dependencies. For managing python version I started using Nix package manager. It allows to describe all dependencies via code, but with time that code became a boilerplate, so I created this: https://github.com/takeda/nix-cde

It works very well for me so far.

‍TFSwitch is a CLI tool that allows easy switching between different Terraform versions, simplifying workflows in environments where multiple Terraform versions are used.

tfswitch might help with particular issue of terraform versioning:

https://tfswitch.warrensbox.com/

Even then some versions of terraform providers are not compatible with M1 macs. Docker would help with that probably, but so can: https://github.com/kreuzwerker/m1-terraform-provider-helper

Perhaps these sort of issues support the benefits of per-module docker images?

My approach is to change the version in the version.tf file, install the new version using tfswitch (https://tfswitch.warrensbox.com/) and execute a plan. If infrastructure matches the configuration I will asume there are no breaking changes...

Also, an excellent tool can help with fast switching between different Terraform versions while you’re experimenting — tfswitch.

https://tfswitch.warrensbox.com/ for switching between Terraform versions

It was easy. I didn't use terraform-version files like you, but there are similar ways to automatically switch versions. https://github.com/warrensbox/terraform-switcher

Terraform Switcher - yet another project essentially doing the same written in go;