Vivekanandan KS (vivek)Apr 14

A simple analogy for anyone to understand how #nix is different from tools like #ansible etc

Ansible(convergent) is like carving a wood, where u have some existing state like plain wood which u tinker continuously until u achieve the expected state

Nix(congruent) is like 3d printing, where the exact expected state is created from the startšŸ”„
#nix #nixos #nixpkgs #nix
#DevOps

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Show threadMarcos DioneApr 14
@vivekanandanks I fail to see how nix is different from Ansible, any docs I could read about it?
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@mdione Nix builds/generates the desired state; Ansible alters the state it encounters to match the desired state.

Does that make sense?

@vivekanandanks

Apr 15 at 3:47pmWeb