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by breakds 4y ago
We use NixOS and Nix extensively in the company. A few developers actually use NixOS on WSL as daily driver, and it was pretty smooth.
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by breakds 4y ago
I would second this. Learning nix takes time and practice, but is very rewarding. Reading the nix pills series is definitely the most helpful first step. I would also recommend https://discourse.nixos.org/ where kind fellow
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by breakds 4y ago
The home I live in is viewed as a consumption instead of investment to me. I would try to really limit my expense on buying the primary residency home, and if there are $ left, invest them.
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by breakds 4y ago
As a former professional Lisp programmer, I think the Nix language was pretty good. Not the easiest to pick up but I like writing it very much once getting used to it.
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by breakds 4y ago
But everything is connected. Beware of the fluctuation/crisis in the other markets which might be triggered by what's happening in the crypto market.
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by breakds 4y ago
My router is also a pretty old Intel Nuc running NixOS ( https://github.com/breakds/nixos-routers/blob/main/machines/... ). It has been very smooth and easy to maintain.
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by breakds 4y ago
I really like the idea of the game. Super fun!
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by breakds 5y ago
+1. I feel the same as OP after leaving Google. However, after switching to Nix, I had a greater experience working with projects (with mulitple languages), even better than the mono repo at Google.
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by breakds 5y ago
I have been running NixOS and uxing Nix for almost everything since I switched to it, and my experience has been great so far. It is one versatile solution to a lot of applications: 1. I run NixOs on on laptop and workstation, for work and
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by breakds 10y ago
If you are aiming at the industry, I would say getting a research-oriented master's degree is much more cost-effective. Besides you can always learn the skills you need in your work.
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by breakds 10y ago
Yes. The core of the backend is still in Common Lisp (and C++). Many ITA hackers are still contributing to the Common Lisp community :)