Re:I Think It's Time to Give Nix a Chance
by zachlatta on Monday May 26, 2025 @12:20PM
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Can you link your dotfiles? I’ve been having trouble figuring out a good way to structure mine
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Try using https://github.com/numtide/blueprint
Yes, that’s easy.
Here’s a very small example:
https://github.com/sshine/nix/blob/main/shared/home-manager....
My servers don’t have that many dotfiles because most server software can be configured in /etc (zsh, vim), while my work computers have a lot of dotfiles symlinked into ~/.config/ via Nix, e.g. VSCodium, ghostty, …
Most people prefer to Nix up their dotfiles, which provides some advantages (e.g. universal styling via Stylix), but the main drawback that I’m not buying is: I can’t share my app-specific config with non-Nix users.
But if you’re looking for a cheaper (in terms of complexity) dotfiles manager: https://github.com/yarlson/lnk