Re:Ask HN: Why has Nix suddenly become so popular?
by rektide on Sunday May 15, 2022 @08:57PM
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I disagree with the premise. I havent seem much net change in popularity. It's still widely lambasted even by it's adherents as deeply woefully lacking in middle-ground documentation especially- there's docs for absolute newbies, there's og posts discussing super advanced juju, but hardly anything inbetween. There's few guides helping explaim the wild nixscripts one come to face.
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Re:Ask HN: Why has Nix suddenly become so popular?
by iswkq on Sunday May 15, 2022 @10:24PM
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> we are starting to trend on newcomers! While the majority have used Nix or NixOS in the 1 to 3 year range (37%), 30% of respondents have joined the Nix community in the last year. Our expectation is that as we continue to improve Nix and NixOS we should be seeing a positive trend that leans towards more Nix users <1 year.
Re:Ask HN: Why has Nix suddenly become so popular?
by brendanfalk on Sunday May 15, 2022 @09:04PM
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This Google Trend graph shows an increase popularity. The increase has been fairly linear since 2014 but there were notable spikes in late 2021 and early 2022
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%...
Re:Ask HN: Why has Nix suddenly become so popular?
by pcthrowaway on Monday May 16, 2022 @08:55AM
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I assumed this discussion was about the package manager and not the OS
Re:Ask HN: Why has Nix suddenly become so popular?
by JamesSwift on Monday May 16, 2022 @10:35AM
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Agreed. Nix always means Nix Package Manager unless NixOS is specified. Its hard to distinguish `Nix` from `Nix package manager` in google trends though, so the "NixOS" trendline might be the best proxy for popularity of the entire ecosystem.