Chris McDonough on Nostr: One of the things I respect about Nix is that it takes advantage of modern network ...
One of the things I respect about Nix is that it takes advantage of modern network speeds and bandwidth.
You want to use 17 versions of nixpkgs in your Nix config? No problem, we will download 17 different versions of the big nixpkgs repo for you.
This makes real sense because you're going to be downloading *much* more in the big scheme of things.
But it must have been a bold choice back in the day, and I could imagine a much worse system engineered with a weaker choice.
#nix #nixos
You want to use 17 versions of nixpkgs in your Nix config? No problem, we will download 17 different versions of the big nixpkgs repo for you.
This makes real sense because you're going to be downloading *much* more in the big scheme of things.
But it must have been a bold choice back in the day, and I could imagine a much worse system engineered with a weaker choice.
#nix #nixos