Nix Alternatives

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• Overengineer your CV
  8 projects | dev.to | 13 Mar 2025

  For implementing the themes I have decided to use nix flakes since they allow each theme to specify their own dependencies and which command to run with the resulting JSON from the previous step as input. Another alternative could have been to use docker, but I wanted to learn more about nix.

• Easy Development Environments
  2 projects | dev.to | 7 Mar 2025

  One of the most tedious and time-wasting parts of the development process is setting up tooling. For a NodeJS project this requires getting the right Node version, getting the preferred package manager, installing things like a linter, formatter, and sometimes a compiler for TypeScript or other JS-transpiled languages. Well today we are going to talk about using Nix as an SDK/tool manager, and how we can setup easy, reproducible, and ci-compatible environments.

• Is NixOS truly reproducible?
  6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Feb 2025

  You can use the low level stuff without the language to forge your own journey.

  https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/master/doc/manual/source/s...

  I am working on the docs for this as we speak.

• Top 16 DevOps Tools for 2025: (Excellent for SREs, Too!)
  9 projects | dev.to | 11 Feb 2025

  Nix & NixOS

• Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2025)
  26 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Feb 2025

  Zest Dermatology | Remote (USA residents only) | Full-time | Systems Administrator / Software Engineer | https://zesthealth.com

  Zest is a virtual dermatology clinic that delivers care for chronic eczema and psoriasis with a level of satisfaction and patient outcomes that are unheard of in conventional dermatology. What makes Zest particularly exciting is its value-based care business model, a topic worth researching all on its own!

  We are looking to add an experienced Linux and web application wizard to our small and agile core engineering team. As part of the core team you will work across and become familiar with the entire stack, and the focus will be on maintaining the AWS infrastructre (orchestrated in Terraform). If you are excited at all by the idea of using [nix](https://nixos.org/) in a professional environment, you are very strongly encouraged to apply. (We're also not 100% married to it and will make pragmatic decisions when necessary ;).)

  You'll be working with me directly, and joining at at time where your voice will be extremely infuential to the future of engineering at the business. We have an _engineering-first_ approach to IT that should be a breath of fresh air to any veteran of the IT scene!

  Because of data export restrictions and access to protected health records, all applicants must reside full time in the US. Please send a resume and cover letter directly to me: hn-hiring [at] [website domain] and make sure to mention HN in the subject line.

• How many Alpine packages can you install at once?
  2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Jan 2025

  I think you can install 100 % of Nix packages at once if you forget to provide a package name to `nix-env -i` (please stop using `nix-env`). [1]

  [1]: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/308

• Customize Go Builds on AWS SAM with Dockerfiles and Makefiles
  2 projects | dev.to | 19 Jan 2025

  After came up with the new project structure, I decided to use Nix ❄️ for managing all my project dependencies (languajes, tools, libraries). The way Nix works, is by creating a new temporary shell with all the dependencies you request it.

• Fidget
  6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Jan 2025

  Just in case you are unaware, these build issues are entirely solvable by defining a Nix flake for your project, resulting in a repeatable, reproducible build every time:

  https://nixos.org/

• Getting started with Nix and Nix Flakes
  5 projects | dev.to | 3 Jan 2025

  The Nix website's download page guides you into using their installer to install Nix on your system. However, this article will use [Determinate Systems' Nix installer] instead, since it lets you easily undo all changes their Nix installer makes (i.e. uninstall) with one command, and it also enables Nix flakes by default, which you'd have to enable on your own if you were using the official Nix installer instead.

• My new Nix series!
  8 projects | dev.to | 27 Dec 2024

  From the NixOS website, Nix is a tool that takes a unique approach to package management and system configuration. This "unique approach" refers to building packages in isolation from each other, ensuring that if packages work on one machine, they will work on another. This is done in a declarative fashion, essentially meaning that you tell Nix what to do, and it does it for you, without you having to tell Nix how to do it.

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