I love Nix so much, because you can just super easily contain an entire development environment in one file. This stuff is genuinely
- More flexible than docker
- Easier than docker
- More reliable than docker
- Faster than docker
- More powerful than docker
Why isn't literally everyone using Nix?
Here, a development environment that installs
1. Bun
2. Playwright
3. Chrome, firefox and a generic webkit browser
And sets it up correctly, in an isolated environment? With a nice "hey, this is how you use this development environment" comment as a cherry on top?
The entire Nix file is 46 lines of code. Most of it boilerplate.
@pmidden The source is in the picture :p
https://github.com/Azeirah/L-Systems-editor
See the flake.nix in the repo.
@pmidden Oh yes! I held a workshop last saturday. I'm definitely planning on hosting more.
Interested in joining some time? Let me know :D
Or I could give you a demo of the tool, I quit my job so I can become a full-time hardcore nerd doing things really, really well.
@pmidden I actually wanted to study biology when I was in middle school but I kinda went for computer science because I felt like it was the obvious choice?
Well, turns out it's people who put things in boxes. Not life.
So I get to do both :D
@leftpaddotpy @pmidden Really? Because I intentionally removed it because it was appearing indented in my shell when I started it with `nix develop` ;o
Can you show me what you mean with a reproducible example? :D
@leftpaddotpy @pmidden Ohhh
I just spent a moment on your site. Have you seen the talk by Joe Armstrong? Before he died?
I read your article on postmodern build systems. My mind is barely wrapping itself around Nix, and you're suggesting the what's going to be blowing enthusiast people's minds 20 years from now... lmao
My mind can only do so much exploding every week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKXe3HUG2l4
This talk is sooo good. Mostly because it's by Joe, but also because it's soooo good.
Much recommend!
Joe Armstrong is one of the inventors of Erlang. When at the Ericsson computer science lab in 1986, he was part of the team who designed and implemented the ...
@leftpaddotpy @pmidden It's one of my favorite presentations of all time!
Joe <3
@adriano Yeahh.. The language is a bit sketchy. But the ecosystem? Oh gosh, it's so good.
The fundamental principles? Even better.
Nix is a philosophy, not a tool.
@Laauurraaa Absolutely.
I've been using `devenv` to do what you're doing here, btw. I imagine you've heard of it, but just in case you haven't, now you have!
@heinwol Hmm.. What do you mean by <shell>, is that something I'd have to put in the nix flake? It's hard to google syntactic subtleties like
"<shell>" vs "shell", and I didn't find it immediately on the direnv site.
@Laauurraaa oh, sorry, it's just my meta-notation. I mean fish or zsh or whatever you use. Just install direnv somehow and do this:
```console
> cd my-project
> echo "use flake" > .envrc
> direnv allow
```
Aaand you should be all done 
@heinwol Ohh
I use zsh!
I'm not sure if I want to switch to direnv. I feel like there might be some value to typing "nix develop", in that it forces me to pay attention when I see the welcome message.
IE, I think it might help with my ADHD context switches.
I don't typically want to work on a million different projects a day. That'll drain my energy like nobody's business whaha
@heinwol The REAL important thing of our conversation though...
THAT EMOJI
THERE'S A CAT HOLDING A HEART EMOJI?! WHAT?!
. Moreover, if i get it right, it's custom for each instance, but you can see emojis people from other instances sent (sometimes it doesn't work though, ahem)@heinwol I'm currently crocheting a collar for one my cats that I'm slowly giving more opportunity to go outside.
But I don't want her to kill birds, so I want to give her a bell.
It's nearly done
@heinwol I crocheted a cushion-sized dragon quest slime..
I crocheted some bags for
- My keys at the coat rack
- My ginger in the kitchen
- My curcuma in the kitchen
Coasters
A hat with eyes
A blanket (this is a more than 3 year project at this point, it's still not done but I can comfortably chill on the couch with it lmao)
Some small holders/containers for candy, used batteries, medication...
@heinwol The important point is that it must be far too long, then I can use some knot that I forgot the name of to make the size adjustable.
All that's left then is to attach a bell.
Something like this knot, but not this one:
https://www.allaboutami.com/crochet-cord-bracelet-with-adjustable-closure/
@heinwol I uhh.. try
thanks
@heinwol Oh yeahhhh, knot theory is this crazy niche in math that is waayyyy out there.
I really want to learn more math in general..
I don't know if it's necessarily super meaningful for crocheting, but hey, who knows!
I did see a video recently of an industrial engineer who used some crazy knot theory/friction law to make robots move with millimetre precision without the use of gears if I recall correctly.
@heinwol Assume that everything I said there is incorrect, but I recall he did something with coiling cord and somehow, combined with friction laws, that made it basically impossible to break or something...
I don't think I'd be able to find the video whahaha
@Laauurraaa Ha, reading comments in images w/o alt text might help.
Thank you for sharing the public git repo in that screenshot, guess this will help me getting started!
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