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		nylonstrung on Nov 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Garn, a TypeScript-based Nix front end Such an exciting project. Nix truly is a game changer, but the UX is not getting better in any meaningful way. I do think it will be a fantastic foundation for an abstraction layer on top. Note: for anyone else trying Nix but bouncing off of it (especially flakes), Home Manager is where I'd recommend starting. It lets you declaratively manage all your packages, home files, shell configs etc from inside a single text file, using Nix derivations. Without having to deal with much Nix language or its shell interface

indemnity on Nov 3, 2023 [–]

Home Manager and nix-darwin was the gateway drug for me. Now I have a flake based setup that manages nix-darwin as well as my NixOS home servers.

Spinning up a new Mac takes minutes, Linux server most time is deciding if there are any unique packages/config just for it. Everything else the same.

Love it.

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