dotfiles

Nix is my way of setting up and managing my computers. It's an entirely declarative way of saying what you want. Some people also say it's a cult.

How broad it is

• ninezeroes — NixOS (x86_64-linux)
• trueswiftie — macOS (aarch64-darwin)

How to navigate

• The hosts/ directory contains the entrypoints to different architectures of machines.
• The configs/ directory contains how individual software should be configured.

Going ahead and using it

Apply a configuration:

# NixOS
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#ninezeroes

# macOS
sudo darwin-rebuild switch --flake .#trueswiftie

What else

Sometimes you might have to ask Nix to skip cache, and the flag for that is --option eval-cache false.

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My dotfiles setup has evolved over the years, starting from maybe ... Ansible? I used NixOS (the real thing) for about a year before moving on to application-level Nix on macOS. I think I value convenience over BTW-ism.