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Do you truly understand how it works though? I was similar. I loved my setup and it did mostly just "work" but I found it unnerving that eventually when it does

Do you truly understand how it works though? I was similar. I loved my setup and it did mostly just "work" but I found it unnerving that eventually when it does break, I wouldn't know how to fix it.

exdsq 6y ago
I have a very minimal nix.configuration, write very small shell.nix files, and try to only use things I know or understand. So I’m definitely only using 1% of Nix right now but I’m comfortable with it! Edit: I should clarify Nix is the build tool at work for Haskell and some of my colleagues are contributors so I know I can get help if stuck. I’m a noob though.
gmfawcett 6y ago
What kind of breaks were you having that you couldn't simply roll back? Database upgrades, or something?
- tnzm 6y ago
  The latest version of something failing to build. Like when the Tor project removes a Tor Browser package from its servers and `tor-browser-bin` hasn't yet been updated in nixpkgs.
- camehere3saydis 6y ago
  Can't upgrade Deno from 1.3.3 to 1.8.3 by updating the sources and hashes in the derivation, as is normal procedure. `fetchFromGitHub` and friends fail to recursively fetch commits that are not visible from `HEAD` (`git clone` works), and I'm completely at a loss about how to debug this. This kind of breaks. For people like myself who already spend a lot of time debugging dependency and compatibility issues in less sound package ecosystems (scripting languages I'm looking at you), Nix alternates between enlightening and maddening. Which I like.