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this is one of my favorite Nix blogs out there! the NixOS systemd timer one was great - I used it when I had to make my first timer and it was the best resource

this is one of my favorite Nix blogs out there! the NixOS systemd timer one was great - I used it when I had to make my first timer and it was the best resource out there. The narrative style made it a fun read too. Feels like someone explaining things to me personally off the cuff.

xena 6y ago
Author of the post here. That's the style I try to go for, that balance of serious, shitpost and interesting side notes you'd get from DMing a particularly sarcastic coworker that means well on Slack. The Mara interludes add into this because it allows some blending in of the Socratic method to make some more complicated things something closer to a dialogue. I have plans to take this further though. If you have any suggestions on how I should skew these plans please let me know.
- iudqnolq 6y ago
  Is Mara meant to be Mara Bos of Rust twitter shitposting fame? It almost fits.
  - xena 6y ago
    I have never heard of that person. Mara's name comes from a DnD like session for a trollish character. In hindsight it's quite ironic that Mara is now used to help explain things.