Re:What Is Nix?
by rixed on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @11:37PM
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Anecdote about the subjective difference between using both:
I've used nix and nixos on and off since the early versions, but it never really clicked with me, and every time I want to write or just read nix expressions I have to reread lots of documentation like I'm starting from scratch again, whereas I would probably still be able to write a debian package from memory alone despite many years of lack of practice. This leave me with the impression that nix has to be a full time job.
In another hand, I gave guix a try recently and was really surprised by how easily all the pieces fell together "naturally".
Also guix being a smaller community, it might counter intuitively be moving faster (due to less care for not breaking things or less bureaucracy, depending on your views). Indeed, another issue I have with nix is how jammed their input queue of PRs is.
I've used nix and nixos on and off since the early versions, but it never really clicked with me, and every time I want to write or just read nix expressions I have to reread lots of documentation like I'm starting from scratch again, whereas I would probably still be able to write a debian package from memory alone despite many years of lack of practice. This leave me with the impression that nix has to be a full time job.
In another hand, I gave guix a try recently and was really surprised by how easily all the pieces fell together "naturally".
Also guix being a smaller community, it might counter intuitively be moving faster (due to less care for not breaking things or less bureaucracy, depending on your views). Indeed, another issue I have with nix is how jammed their input queue of PRs is.