Sure, this is a super abbreviated version of my current setup for developing https://notado.app https://notado.app shell.nix - this brings the packages I need

Sure, this is a super abbreviated version of my current setup for developing https://notado.app https://notado.app shell.nix - this brings the packages I need to develop into the $PATH when I run `nix-shell` in the repo {pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}}: with pkgs; mkShell { buildInputs = [ meilisearch openssl overmind pkg-config postgresql rustup tmux ]; shellHook = '' export OVERMIND_PROCFILE=Procfile.dev export PGDATA="data.pg" export MEILI_DB_PATH="data.ms" ''; } Procfile.dev - this is used to start the background services I need, the format is "name: command" postgres: postgres -K /tmp meilisearch: meilisearch Then I can run `nix-shell` to load all the dependencies and `overmind start` to bring up Postgres + Meilisearch with ignored data dirs relative to the project folder. If any of these packages need to be pinned to a specific version you can do that with this tool[1]. That's pretty much it - with all the background services running you can load your monolith or microservices with cargo/npm/etc. It's all very nice and clean! [1]: https://lazamar.co.uk/nix-versions/ https://lazamar.co.uk/nix-versions/ - I actually just used this in a new shell.nix for my personal website to pin a version of Hugo from 2019 (when I last touched it) so that it would build again