Nix adoption often starts with one dev solving problems for themselves. At work, the question becomes: how can it be made reliable and secure for teams? DetSys co-founder @grahamc.com recently joined Open Source Ready to talk about this jump. Take a listen 🎤 ❄️ 🚀 www.heavybit.com/library/podc...

We believe that Nix is set to revolutionize the software supply chain—and amidst a flurry of high-profile supply chain lapses, the timing couldn't be better ❄️ 🔐 📦 Our own @lucperkins.dev explains why on the Determinate Systems blog. determinate.systems/blog/core-pa...

If you're in or near Portland, OR, join us at our DetSys Happy Hour TONIGHT (Tuesday, May 26th) at 5:30 pm in Inner SE. Exchange ideas about Nix and NixOS, ask questions, and meet like-minded folks over free pizza and drinks ❄️ 🍻 🚀 RSVP on Luma to find out the location: luma.com/detsys-itr4

Determinate Nix 3.21.0 is now out and it features support for CNSA algorithms, a brand new `nix serve` command, support for Buildkite authentication, and more. This is the one you really want ❄️ 🚀 determinate.systems/blog/changel...

For Nix and Nix-curious folks near Portland, OR: we're doing another Happy Hour event on Tuesday, May 26th at 5:30 (in 8 days). Ask questions and exchange ideas with drinks on us ❄️ 🚀 🍻 Hope to see you there! RSVP at this link: luma.com/detsys-itr4

In case you haven't updated Determinate Nix in a while, version 3.20.0 is out and it includes some important security patches and bug fixes. Details and install/upgrade instructions in our most recent blog post 🔗🧵 determinate.systems/blog/changel...

Just in time for the weekend, another Determinate Nix release 🚀❄️! Mostly security patches but, as always, you'll find some fun stuff as well 🎢🕺💃 Check it out in our most recent changelog post for version 3.20.0. This is the one you really want 😎 determinate.systems/blog/changel...

Determinate Nix now uploads anonymized crash reports to @sentry.io. We're excited to take this next logical step toward improving DetNix's stability as proactively as possible. determinate.systems/blog/sentry

For any Nix or Nix-curious folks near Ann Arbor, we're hosting a happy hour THIS EVENING at Bill's Beer Garden from 5:30 until 7 pm. Come chat all things Nix with drinks on us ❄️ 🚀 🍻. RSVP at this link: luma.com/ty9lvhnx

DetSys is announcing long-term support for Determinate Secure Packages 25.11 through May 2028 🎉🛡️📦 Based on Nixpkgs but with an SLA for CVEs, SBOMs, and covered packages built on SOC 2 Type II infra and cached in FlakeHub Cache. More in our new blog post 👇🔗 determinate.systems/blog/secure-...

From LLMs to the supply chain to hardware and beyond, Nix is the right tool—and paradigm—for our time. In our new post, CEO @grahamc.com lays out why he thinks the Nix moment is upon us and how DetSys is leading the way. determinate.systems/blog/the-nix...

📣 Our next webinar kicks off soon, focusing on how Nix and flakes solve the "works on my machine" problem for good. Register now to join live or get the recording: luma.com/bdafz6ca

📢 Don't forget to sign up for our upcoming webinar, "Permanently solving the 'works on my machine' problem with Nix and flakes," this Wednesday, April 22nd at 12 pm EDT. Our own @lucperkins.dev will talk about Nix dev environments and the myriad problems that they solve. luma.com/bdafz6ca

📢 Another DetSys webinar is on the way! Next week, on Wednesday, April 22nd at 12 pm EDT, catch @lucperkins.dev talk about permanently solving the "works on my machine" problem using Nix development environments. More details and RSVP using the link below 🔗👇 luma.com/bdafz6ca

📣 Bay Area Nix enthusiasts: join us for another Nix Happy Hour with Determinate Systems this Thursday! Come hang out with fellow Nix users in San Francisco’s Mission District on April 16, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM for drinks, conversation, and community. Drinks are on us. RSVP here: luma.com/7h2a0wvq

Determinate Nix version 3.17.3 is out 🚀 ❄️ and it includes a fix for a critical vulnerability 🐛 ⛔ (plus some bug fixes and improvements). We urge all Determinate Nix users to update as soon as possible. More information is on our blog 🧵 🔗 determinate.systems/blog/changel...

We are tracking a coordinated security disclosure with upstream Nix. A Determinate Nix release is imminent, and all Linux users are advised to upgrade immediately. See our status page for details: status.determinate.systems/incidents/ef...

📣 An hour from now we are kicking off our latest webinar, focused on how WebAssembly support in Determinate Nix is changing what's possible. This webinar features a special guest you won't want to miss! More details and RSVP here: luma.com/6phax7sd

Good news for people who like Nix to be really fast (hint: everyone): parallel evaluation is now fully enabled for all Determinate Nix users ❄️ 🚀 🤖 That means faster flake checks, search, and much more. Installation instructions are in our docs 🔗 📦 docs.determinate.systems

Our next webinar is coming up this week on Thursday, March 19th. This time, we are focusing on the exciting new WebAssembly support we announced for Determinate Nix, with a live demo from Determinate Systems co-founder and Nix creator Eelco Dolstra. Register now: luma.com/6phax7sd

Hang out with us tonight in San Francisco! Come meet Eelco Dolstra, creator of Nix, chat with other Nix at work users, have a drink, and see the latest features in Determinate Nix. More details and RSVP here: luma.com/onng7h4c

Good news! Our Determinate NixOS AMIs are now available in AWS GovCloud and AWS European Sovereign Cloud 🚀 ❄️ 🎉 This should provide an easy win for teams that deploy NixOS but have specific compliance and data residency requirements. Read more on the DetSys blog. determinate.systems/blog/govclou...

San Francisco, we are back this week and hosting another Nix happy hour. This time, with a special guest! Join us for drinks and all things Nix on Wednesday, March 11th from 6pm-8pm. More details and RSVP here: luma.com/onng7h4c

Today, we're excited to announce flake schemas in Determinate Nix 3.17.0 ❄️ 🗺️ 🚀. Schemas make your flake output types customizable, enhancing the discoverability of your Nix expressions. We are also tease configurable flakes and a previously top-secret project 🤫 determinate.systems/blog/introdu...

Determinate Nix now supports calling WebAssembly (Wasm) functions inside of Nix expressions ❄️ 🕸️ 🚀 DetSys co-founder and Nix creator Eelco Dolstra provides a deep dive into this path-breaking new feature. The Nix language may never be the same again. determinate.systems/blog/builtin...

This week is by far the most consequential yet for Determinate Nix ❄️ 🚀 We're shipping support for WebAssembly and WASI, provenance information in derivations, and flake schemas. In this blog post, CEO Graham Christensen discusses what's at stake. determinate.systems/blog/determi...

Determinate Nix 3.16.3 is now out! 🚀 🎉 FlakeHub now supports authentication via Google Cloud Platform, parallel evaluation in Determinate Nix now uses all available cores by default, plus some other nice fixes and upgrades. This is the one you really want! determinate.systems/blog/changel...

Determinate Nix is nearly a year old 🚀 🎉 and we're celebrating by tackling a vital set of problems, from new possibilities in Nix evaluation and supply chain security to making flakes more extensible. Stay tuned for more on our socials and in our newsletter this week. determinate.systems/newsletter

Good news for Determinate users: FlakeHub now supports Google Cloud Platform as an authentication provider. Systems running in GCE, GKE, and more are now just one command away from access to private flakes and FlakeHub Cache ☁️ 🔐 🎉 docs.determinate.systems/guides/log-i...

PlanetNix is next week, and we can't wait to see everyone! If you are in town, join us for a pre-PlanetNix happy hour. Drinks and food are on us, you just have to bring your love for Nix and a desire to meet other people just like you. Space is limited, so grab your spot now: luma.com/vge2y1zk

San Francisco, we are doing a #Nix happy hour later today and want to see you there! More details and RSVP here: luma.com/qcicp5vj

📣 ⏰ Our next webinar kicks off in one hour, this time on provenance and SBOMs with Nix. If you use #Nix or #NixOS at work and care about security and compliance, you won't want to miss this one. Register here to join us live or get the recording when it is ready: luma.com/m9cu1t59

Reproducibility is table stakes. But what about verifiable provenance and SBOMs? On Thurs, Feb 19, join our next webinar, Provenance and SBOMs with Nix, to see how Determinate Nix, FlakeHub, and Determinate Secure Packages bring assurances to the supply chain. Register now: luma.com/m9cu1t59

Nix users in San Francisco: join DetSys for a Nix/NixOS happy hour on Thursday, Feb 19 🍻. If you’re a software developer on a professional team or enterprise using Nix, this is for you. Meet the DetSys team + fellow Nix enthusiasts. Drinks and snacks compliments of Root Ventures. luma.com/qcicp5vj

📬 The next issue of The Determinate Update is almost here! It’s our behind-the-scenes look at how we're advancing #Nix and #NixOS at Determinate Systems, from the tools we build to community initiatives we're driving, and more. 🔗 Sign up to stay in the loop: mailchi.mp/909681b61b0f...

Another DetSys webinar is on its way! On Thursday, February 19th at 12pm EST, tune in to hear our own @lucperkins.dev talk about the work that we're eager to share around Determinate Nix, provenance, SBOMs, and Determinate Secure Packages. Get all the details and register here: luma.com/m9cu1t59

Planet Nix 2026 is just 4 weeks away and we couldn't be more excited to hang with you all! To kick things off we're hosting an open happy hour the evening before the conference on Wednesday, March 4th at 5pm. Open to all but space is limited, so please register: luma.com/vge2y1zk

Good news: FlakeHub (flakehub.com) now supports Okta for authentication 🔐🆔🛡️. Okta is one of the most powerful and widely used auth providers, especially for larger organizations. Onboarding instructions for your org are in the Determinate documentation. docs.determinate.systems/guides/okta-...

Determinate Nix users: we are now rolling out parallel evaluation to ALL users as a GA feature. We're setting the default number of cores to 2 and will slowly ramp that up over time, gathering feedback and bug reports along the way. More info here: docs.determinate.systems/determinate-...

Determinate Nix 3.15.2 has arrived 🚀❄️! We've made our nix-darwin module a bit more powerful, provided a version of nix-eval-jobs compatible with DetNix, and brought along our usual bevy of minor fixes. This is the one you really want 😎 determinate.systems/blog/changel...

FOSDEM 2026 is this weekend and DetSys software engineer Tristan Ross will be speaking on Saturday about an increasingly important topic in the Nix ecosystem: SBOMs. In person or online, this one is a can't-miss! fosdem.org/2026/schedul... #fosdem #fosdem2026 #fosdem26

In case you missed it, we announced the release of Determinate Secure Packages earlier this week. 🔐 📦 🎁 🎉 Already an industry-first and game changer for enterprises that rely on Nix, this is just the start of what we are building. 🧵👇 (1/3)

On Tuesday we announced Determinate Secure Packages, our first foray beyond infra and tools and into a fully managed supply chain. Today, we want to talk about what makes it a bold departure from just vanilla Nixpkgs and handling security yourself. Read on for more 🔗🧵👇

(1/3) Yesterday, we made one of our biggest announcements yet: Determinate Secure Packages 📦 ❄️ 🔐. Check out our announcement in case you missed it: determinate.systems/blog/secure-...

Today we're thrilled to announce Determinate Secure Packages, a drop-in replacement for Nixpkgs offering secure Nix packages for the enterprise, with CVE monitoring and SLA-backed remediation, per-release SBOMs, FIPS compliance, cryptographic signing, and more. determinate.systems/blog/determi...

The software supply chain is on everyone’s mind these days. If you’re an enterprise adopting Nix, that means that Nixpkgs needs to be at the center of your focus. Nixpkgs is a technological marvel, the most comprehensive package source on Earth and the cornerstone of the Nix ecosystem. But...

On the twelfth day of Nixmas ❄️🎄 DetSys gave to thee 🎁: a new webinar series in which we announce new products and share our Nix expertise in an effort to smooth your path to adopting Nix on teams and in the enterprise! 🕸️ 📺 🎙️ determinate.systems/webinars

On the eleventh day of Nixmas ❄️🎄 DetSys gave to thee 🎁: resolved store paths, which enables you to fetch artifacts from FlakeHub Cache without even needing to evaluate the derivation, a huge win on memory-constrained systems! 🤖 🛣️ docs.determinate.systems/flakehub/sto...

On the tenth day of Nixmas ❄️🎄 DetSys gave to thee 🎁: some crucial deployment helpers for NixOS folks in the form of dedicated Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) for Determinate Nix! 🤖 🖼️ docs.determinate.systems/guides/nixos...

On the ninth day of Nixmas ❄️🎄 DetSys gave to thee 🎁: the `nix ps` command for Determinate Nix, which displays all of Nix’s active builds and child processes in an intuitive and appealing visual format 🎨 🏃 determinate.systems/blog/changel...