My example repo now showcases six different ways you can use stable-nix to get Dendritic nix non-flakes. Showcases unflake, froyo, falake, builtin nix-modules and more.

The problem with Nix (and NixOS) isn't a lack of documentation. The problem is that Nix is not a product. There isn't a clear vision of who the end user is, what their needs are, and what is their compelling reason to adopt, which is why all the features and documentations are half-baked

I love people in the nix community not even minding if flakes are stable or not. People creating their own nix implementations. We are not tied to any nix-big-corp, we can have better things. It takes time and a lot of effort to create our best own tools, but we will get there.

oeiuwq.com/dendrix Dendritic Nix - Community-driven Nix distribution based on the Dendritic pattern. ⭐️ 4

Here's an example #Dendritic #Nix setup without using flakes nor flake-parts. github.com/vic/dendriti... Pretty basic, but shows not even flakes/flake-parts are required unless you actually want to use them. Dendritic is a pattern, not a framework, it is just the nix module system at work.

The problem with adding "help wanted" issues on @github.com is that people just feed those to their agent, and loop over PR review comments like drones 🫠 I don't have a problem with using AI, but submitting vibe-coded slop is wasting everyone's time. I doubt this will be enough, but it's a start:

all i'm saying is if we average 5 stars a day lustre can hit 2k in time for my birthday 🥺👉👈 thatd be pretty cool huh huh what if i promise a release when we hit 2k 👀 github.com/lustre-labs/... gogogogogo

I made my first #Nix / #NixOS library! Niccup: Hiccup-like HTML Generation in ~120 Lines of Pure Nix. Transforms Nix expressions into HTML. The website has some cool examples, I'm especially proud of the quine one that was slightly tricky to get right: embedding-shapes.github.io/niccup/examp...

I need to quit my job so I can focus on sitting in sunbeams with my cats

happy nixos 25.11 btw, for those who celebrate

evbogue.com/apds anproto personal data server ⭐️ 2

As result of a conversation at Thanksgiving, my Dendritic Nix libraries are moving away from GitHub to tangled + zulip. Announcement here: github.com/vic/den/disc... See you at new home.

"maaaaan, they don't make algorithms like they used to"

tmabien hay dias en que mi cerebro no da ni una ni un medio ni un cuarto. hoy es un dia octavo de eso.

🎉 Unison 1.0 has landed! Share the news! unison-lang.org/unison-1-0/

Just published a template to deploy your own searchable starred-repos/owned-repos website at GitHub Pages. github.com/vic/awesome-... See the example website. It is powered by Starlight/Astro, takes a *lot* of time to optimize static content but it loads **fast** and has search for all READMEs!

A new option is availabe: `home-manager.minimal` By default, Home Manager imports all modules, which leads to increased evaluation time. Some users may wish to only import the modules they actually use. When the new option is enabled, Home Manager will only import the [1/2] #NixOS #Nix #HomeManager

My weekend for-fun project has a good name. github.com/vic/godnet

Hey #Nix people, I remember that in the old days when we had multiple Ruby implementations we had a shared test suite to check runtime/stdlib compliance for new implementations. Do we have something like that in Nix ?

Finally had a bit of time to setup tangled mirrors for my most recent repos: tangled.org/oeiuwq.bsky.... Older repos still at github: github.com/vic?tab=repo...

Hey, @tangled.org. Is it possible to use nix packages from a custom flake ? I want to use my service that generate flakes for pinned versions of packages, see: nix-versions.alwaysdata.net/flake-genera... Is that possible ? The spindle pipeline docs mention a custom registry, but is that a flake?

programming is not math . art is math

Looking for a job! 🕸️ extremely experienced in TypeScript/React/Node/Next ⛓️ seasoned Solidity smart contract dev 🔥 former CTO of a YC startup 📊 fluent in SQL, also great at Mongo 💪🏻 actively coding since an 8 y/o in the 90s

i’m a machine that turns oreos into type theory

把 Nix 配置重构成 Dendritic Pattern 以后就开了个相关技术博文的坑，写了有一些了。之所以不继续写下去，是因为现在总觉得我的配置还能重构得更好，但又抽不出太多时间来重构，所以文章进度也就暂停了。

Den v0.5.0 is much more stable now, tell your friends about it and then run. vic.github.io/den/

nix users flirting: would you like to join my flake

Trying to use Den in my own infra, I reported an issue to the author and as any good opensource user myself, I try to also provide ideas for improvements or pull-requests if author accepts. github.com/vic/den/disc...

If you want something to read, why not read the documentation website for Den that I've just finished. vic.github.io/den/

docker as a punishment for nix users

Promises broken again. github.com/vic/den/pull...

Introducing `idc`, a #Nix utility library for never having to worry about how to import Nix Flakes, Raw Nix files, Nilla Projects, Sprinkles, Nixpkgs, etc again! github.com/jakehamilton...

I promise this is THE last breaking changes release. github.com/vic/den/rele... #Dendritic #NixOS configurations with den.

This week I've been finally dog-fooding my own #dendritic #nixos libs into my infra: github.com/vic/den/disc.... Lots of bugs were discovered and fixed haha, that's the cool thing about actually using them. If you want to get a feel of how dendritic looks, my repo is tiny now (see den branch).

loah

Next week I'll be adding re-usable #dendritic #nix modules (aka, flake-parts) so people can just pick whatever feels useful to them. Think of denful as lazyvim/spacemacs but for dendritic nix. github.com/vic/denful

And now, based on my flake.aspects library: `den`, a minimalistic framework for dendritic nix host definitions. github.com/vic/den #Dendritic #Nix try it now!, launch the vm: nix run "github:vic/den?dir=templates/default#vm"

tangled and github are my kind of social nets, post links to your fav profiles on either or elsewhere. :)

que triste que me sigan tanto los mosquitos, que me dejen en paz :_(

what are some things to notice for a guy just getting into noticing things

github.com/vic/flake-aspects Somewhat complex example, (not-very real world) just trying to show the new inter-aspect dependencies system I implemented in flake-aspects repo. #Dendritic #Nix

I've updated the documentation for flake-aspects. Hope it provides much more insight on what the library is for and how to use it. PRs to fix my broken english are always welcome :)

NFTs are amazing because you apparently “own” them but the AWS outtage yesterday took out everyones apes lol

un compiladito siempre deluxe y ah qué pinches bonitos eran los 90s

Another day, another #Dendritic #Nix utility. github.com/vic/flake-as...

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