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Re:Zero to Nix, an unofficial, opinionated, gentle introduct... by pxc on Monday January 23, 2023 @12:15PM (#34491772)
.app programs which require Xcode to build weren't in the binary caches altogether, last I checked. Stuff with proprietary software in its build toolchain doesn't get built on Hydra.

I just use brew for .apps (and only for .apps) when I'm on macOS.

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Re:Zero to Nix, an unofficial, opinionated, gentle introduct... by JamesSwift on Monday January 23, 2023 @09:43PM (#34498460)
Yep, I use Brew with a Brewfile to handle most casks. A select few I've manually created derivations for. This seems to be the path of much less resistance.
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