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Re:Development Containers by jljljl on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @01:17AM (#34515020)
I don't believe they use Nix at all.

Dev Containers are basically Docker Containers (either pulled from a repo or built from a Dockerfile) with some additional metadata attached so they can work as a Development Environment. Metadata includes stuff to configure debuggers, IDEs, etc.

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Re:Development Containers by whateveracct on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @03:46AM (#34515950)
I think the comment meant it does the same thing as Nix derivations. Not that it uses Nix.
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