What Is Nix (2020)

[mooreds]

https://shopify.engineering/what-is-nix

[surprisetalk]

My new employer uses nix and devenv to control everything from local dev to builds. Getting set up was much nicer than following a typical README with outdated instructions

I also used NixOS in the past, and it was a relatively nice Linux experience. Highly recommended checking it out

[infrabr0 → surprisetalk]

Hows ur experience with devenv I found it obtuse and gets in my way. I prefer a plain old flake.nix with whatever I need. More work but its a cleaner experience.

[surprisetalk → infrabr0]

I've been finding it pretty unobtrusive so far on MacOS, but I tend to like "plain" setups better, so I may try out your recommendation