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pikanix··on Nix journey part 1: My grand unified theory of Nix documentation
love this. We tried following the diataxis framework with the flox docs. I also agree that getting all the documentation in one place would be a huge boost to Nix.
pikanix··on Nix journey part 0: Learning and reference materials
regarding function docs, https://noogle.dev/ is a new search tool to that effect
pikanix··on Nix and Containers: why not both?
Nix, flox, and containers are best when used together.
pikanix··on The Flox Open Beta
Agreed! flox environments are purpose-built for repeatability: Nix-based, versioned-controlled, shareable with others via git. Check out the docs https://floxdev.com/docs for how to get started with environments. We have a native Mac installer as well. We're also working on the ability to manage processes and services locally, stay tuned :)
pikanix··on The Flox Open Beta
hi! Making Nix easier to use is one of our central goals. What problems could we help you solve?
pikanix··on The Flox Open Beta
Thanks for sharing and apologies, will work on improving the Windows / Edge experience. If you want to find out what flox is about, the docs are probably a better place: https://floxdev.com/docs
pikanix··on The Flox Open Beta
we wrote a post which may illustrate flox vs asdf https://floxdev.com/blog/asdf-migration
pikanix··on Show HN: MyNixOS – Create and share Nix and NixOS configurations
hey, flox person here, thanks for the kind words :)

> many different approaches and tools will be necessary to help discover and cover the different use-cases

this -- we're very excited to see the many experiments going on in the "Nix UX space". The more the merrier. While we do see significant opportunity to solve problems for enterprise, we designed the core flox CLI for anyone to use. And of course it can work with any flake you provide, from MyNixOS or elsewhere...

Looking forward to making it more public soon :)

pikanix··on Devenv.sh: Fast and reproducible developer environments using Nix
Love the experiments coming out these days: this, flox, even Replit. All working on diff approaches to a "Nix UX". Someone's going to get it right...