I Hate Compilers

Re:I Hate Compilers by edude03 on Thursday June 18, 2026 @08:01AM (#48584049)

Could have sworn the author was a nix(os) user already. I know it’s a meme but what all the problems they’re describing literally is solved by nix. The nix sandbox even catches calls for time for example to replace it with 0 for determinism.

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Re:I Hate Compilers by trexd on Thursday June 18, 2026 @08:30AM (#48584347)

They stopped using Nix due to disagreements with how the project was run.

https://xeiaso.net/blog/2024/much-ado-about-nothing/

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Re:I Hate Compilers by drunner on Thursday June 18, 2026 @10:24AM (#48585859)

From what I gather you fear determinate systems will guide future Nixos dev like google steers chromium or am I way off base?

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Re:I Hate Compilers by arikrahman on Thursday June 18, 2026 @10:52AM (#48586348)

What about Guix? May be more their tempo.

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Re:I Hate Compilers by xena on Thursday June 18, 2026 @10:04AM (#48585557)

Nix doesn't help when the issue is a compiler bug, sadly.

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Re:I Hate Compilers by tetromino_ on Thursday June 18, 2026 @12:29PM (#48587861)

Weird article. The author is clearly heart-broken about some changes in how Nixos is managed - but what those changes were and why the author dislikes them is left completely unclear. The link to the Determinate blogpost doesn't clarify anything. I guess it might make sense to Nixos insiders...

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Re:I Hate Compilers by arikrahman on Thursday June 18, 2026 @10:52AM (#48586334)

This was my first thought, use a declarative system like Nix.

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