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Re:Bingo – The missing package manager for Go binaries (Home... by angio on Sunday December 26, 2021 @06:54AM (#29691668)
I don't know on MacOS, but on NixOS nix fetches pre-built binaries from Cachix. It only needs to build derivations if you customize them.
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Re:Bingo – The missing package manager for Go binaries (Home... by pxc on Sunday December 26, 2021 @12:17PM (#29694231)
The main binary cache for NixOS is built using Hydra, an open-source CI system for Nix which is much older than Cachix.

Cachix is a proprietary SaaS alternative to Hydra's binary caching component. It's free to use for F/OSS, and it's much easier to set up than Hydra, so plugging Cachix in to a generic CI system like Travis or GitHub actions is a popular choice for open-source projects in the Nix community.

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