Nix is so awesome. I use Claude ai refactor parts of my os into modules so I can just turn them on and off and it does an awesome job!
My concern with using Nix on Mac is that the uninstall is not as good so you can’t just comment out something and the Mac will just eliminate it from your system and it will be gone, but I’m considering switching to Nix darwin as well. Let me know how it goes for you!
Oh i've been using Nix on mac for quite a while. Not sure about the uninstall, but recently i did a fresh macbook install and used the Determinate Systems Nix Installer[1]. I haven't tried uninstalling, but installation was a joy by comparison to the traditional way (and poor documentation).
When I said uninstalling, I mean the way you can just comment out a program in the configuration file on a nix system and poof it is no longer installed in your system and it’s like it was never installed at all.
Ah, that happens with Nix Darwin too. It's otherwise a full Nix install.
Note though that i'm not sure how well it integrates with Mac as a Desktop. I've not tried it to install desktop apps. I only use it for term oriented apps/libs/etc, and for that it works as you'd expect.
Not sure what the best possible Nix UX is for Mac desktop apps.
My concern with using Nix on Mac is that the uninstall is not as good so you can’t just comment out something and the Mac will just eliminate it from your system and it will be gone, but I’m considering switching to Nix darwin as well. Let me know how it goes for you!