Dusty Pomerleau on Nostr: If you're just starting with #nix, and you read about the basics of the Nix language: ...

If you're just starting with #nix, and you read about the basics of the Nix language:

https://nix.dev/tutorials/nix-language.html

but you're having trouble deciphering other people's configs, these two pages will put you on the path:

https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/NixOS_modules

https://vtimofeenko.com/posts/practical-nix-flake-anatomy-a-guided-tour-of-flake.nix/

A lot of my initial confusion came from not realizing that modules, like flakes, follow a specific template, and aren't just any old derivation.