Re:Free applicatives, the handle pattern, and remote systems
by cosmic_quanta on Thursday October 16, 2025 @08:33AM
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Nix isn't so exotic anymore. Every company for which I interviewed about a year ago used Nix
Re:Free applicatives, the handle pattern, and remote systems
by YuukiRey on Thursday October 16, 2025 @09:49AM
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And every person I met today had a parrot on their shoulder. Doesn't really mean it applies to the general public (here meaning most developers out there).
I'd say <1% of all developers world wide have even heard of Nix.
Re:Free applicatives, the handle pattern, and remote systems
by ameliaquining on Thursday October 16, 2025 @02:41PM
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It is used in production much, much more widely than Haskell is, though it remains far from the most common way to do builds or deployments.
[0] https://flox.dev/nixinthewild/nix-in-the-wild-bellroy/