Re:My First Impressions of Nix
by ParetoOptimal on Monday June 19, 2023 @03:07PM
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They do, but the people who spend time on Nix issues don't typically notice or count the time saved because it's harder to notice.
When reproducibility issues take 16 hours every 3-4 months/12 weeks and Nix maintenance like updating pins takes 8 hours per month most will feel like the first option is less work.
Imagine if you had the data showing with Nix your build is:
- 99% likely to work
- without Nix your build is 90% likely to work, but 16 hours to fix it when it breaks.
- The non-Nix build also has a 10% chance of it breaking randomly at any time.
- The nix build initially takes 8 hours per month to maintain for 6 months, 4 hours for the next 6 months, then 1 hour per month thereafter
Which do you feel would be better? What I describe above has been what the situation seems to be in my experience.
When reproducibility issues take 16 hours every 3-4 months/12 weeks and Nix maintenance like updating pins takes 8 hours per month most will feel like the first option is less work.
Imagine if you had the data showing with Nix your build is:
- 99% likely to work
- without Nix your build is 90% likely to work, but 16 hours to fix it when it breaks.
- The non-Nix build also has a 10% chance of it breaking randomly at any time.
- The nix build initially takes 8 hours per month to maintain for 6 months, 4 hours for the next 6 months, then 1 hour per month thereafter
Which do you feel would be better? What I describe above has been what the situation seems to be in my experience.