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But if you are not reading or comprehending the config file, why does it make any difference? You ask AI to purge ffmpeg from your system, it will probably kno
by beepbooptheory 7mo ago
But if you are not reading or comprehending the config file, why does it make any difference? You ask AI to purge ffmpeg from your system, it will probably know more about doing that with apt than with nix, right? And if the input on your end is "remove ffmpeg from my system" or whatever either way, what's the need for nix? You will be much happier just editing /etc files and such in the standard way, rather than hoping your AI knows the (sometimes sadly inconsistent) way nixos handles the particular module/service/whatever you are dealing with.
- dml2135 7mo agoFor me, the difference is that there is no way in hell that I want to give an AI assistant full access to configure my system live. With a declarative config, the only access it needs is to an isolated git repo.
- beepbooptheory 7mo agoBut if the declaritive file is not read/understood, what is the difference? At some point, you're gonna run sudo nixos-rebuild, and that is the whole system on the line.
- dml2135 7mo ago> But if the declaritive file is not read/understood, what is the difference? Well the main difference is precisely that I have a clear opportunity to read and understand the declarative file. But even if something were to sneak in there, rolling back is now trivial.
- beepbooptheory 7mo agoThis whole thing has been about explicitly using LLM instead of learning nix. So sure, definitely agree with about the niceness of using nix in general if that is all you are saying, but also not sure what you are trying to argue for anymore.
- dml2135 7mo agoMy point is that nix is a big enabler for me to use AI to configure my system, because it provides a safer environment in which to do so.
- beepbooptheory 7mo agoVery cool!