If you're new to #NixOS and you're not a genius understanding #nixlang right away, expect tedious issues like https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/15covi1/homemanager_using_hostname_for_symlinking_command/ or https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/15coxtr/homemanager_using_hostname_for_hostspecific/ for the most basic modifications you might want to add yourself. 😔

#ifeelstupid

What's missing in the #NixOS community (from my perspective so far): documentation for the step from one host (relatively well documented) to multiple hosts with different configurations.

There seems to be millions of possible ways to implement that and nothing seems to be documented.

With one test notebook and one VM, I'm already totally lost since this really strange #nixlang (+ #flakes) requires weird magic spells for the simple tasks of defining host-specific includes. 😔

@publicvoit
I started using it while being 38 years at that time. It's worth it for me even if i do not grasp everything after one year.

#nix #nixos #homemanager #nixlang #flake

My current issue with #nix, #nixOS and #HomeManager: I think I see their point how they solve some issues I'm facing. I may want to be there but I don't want to invest the energy to actually go there.

Furthermore, there seems to be a chaotic-looking heap of concepts that are hard to initially understand and keep them apart.

If I'd be in my twenties, I may have started with that ecosystem, embracing its style and concepts. 😔

#nixlang #flake

Is it my Python-infested brain or do I really have a point in hating semi-colons of #nixlang?

https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/language/index.html

Was gibt es besseres als krassen #nixlang code zu hacken um seinen #rust build zu optimieren und dazu ein Glässchen Rotwein?

Nur eins: Ne Mate dazu. Aber der Rotwein ist schon ein paar Tage offen und soll ja wohl nicht dzu Essig werden. Schwabenherz und so 💪

#nixos / #nix / #nixlang / #nixpkgs is not easy to grasp.

But once you have, you never want to go back!

My fellow nerds, try it and be amazed (eventually)!

I'm trying to learn Nix as a functional language and I'm new to this. Is there another language that's similar? Some of the syntax is confusing for a newbie. #nix #nixlang

❄️ Zero to Nix

An unofficial, opinionated, gentle introduction to Nix

#Nix
#NixLang
#NixOS

https://zero-to-nix.com/

I really enjoyed this article series on #Nix, concise, clear, and up-to-date!

https://tonyfinn.com/blog/nix-from-first-principles-flake-edition/

@tonyfinn

#NixOS #Nix #Linux #NixLang

I really enjoyed this article series on #Nix, concise, clear, and up-to-date!

https://tonyfinn.com/blog/nix-from-first-principles-flake-edition/

#NixOS #Nix #Linux #NixLang