Re:Will Nix Overtake Docker?
by rgoulter on Monday November 29, 2021 @10:50PM
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> I've always kept my usage of Nix language to a minimum and found it to be a joy every time.
The trouble is, it's more significant to consider what the pain is in the worst case.
e.g. Two things which count against Nix:
With stuff like Docker, I can get away with not really understanding what's going on, and have a quick + dirty fix. And with Nix, the community is smaller, so it's less likely you'll find an answer to the problem you're having right now.
I worked at a company where the DevOps team used Nix for the production/staging. For local development (and ephemeral development deployments), the dev team came up with a docker-compose setup. -- That said, there was at least one case where the devs contributed to the Nix stuff by way of copy-pasting to setup a new deployment.
The trouble is, it's more significant to consider what the pain is in the worst case.
e.g. Two things which count against Nix: With stuff like Docker, I can get away with not really understanding what's going on, and have a quick + dirty fix. And with Nix, the community is smaller, so it's less likely you'll find an answer to the problem you're having right now.
I worked at a company where the DevOps team used Nix for the production/staging. For local development (and ephemeral development deployments), the dev team came up with a docker-compose setup. -- That said, there was at least one case where the devs contributed to the Nix stuff by way of copy-pasting to setup a new deployment.