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Globally applying overlays onto Nixpkgs

Normally, overlays are applied to individual Nixpkgs instances, but there are ways of applying them system-wide.

Pinning NixOS with npins, this time without flakes for real

How to have your Nixpkgs pinned and in sync with your NixOS configuration, and have <nixpkgs> always point to it.

Enablers of abuse in online communities

How established community members can cause huge damage by defending bad actors.

Against leading commas

Leading commas are a bad idea and here's why

Nix ohne NixOS [DE]

In 2021 hat das ChaosInKl online eine "OpenTopicNight" zum Thema Nix veranstaltet. Dieser Vortrag über Nix auf nicht-NixOS-Systemen, mit Fokus auf nix-shell und Entwicklungsumgebungen, ist dafür entstanden.