Dan Baker

Pre-roll transcript: Before you is an episode of the Full Time Nix podcast. For silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app. --- Nix and NixOS are almost too good to be true. Isolation, libraries coexisting, transparent binary cache and software that just works. Not works on my machine, just works. But is that always the case? Or... Did we manage to get ourselves into... impurities? Join us for a discussion about libGL and find out what anomalies lurk in the dark depths of our operating systems. [Nix is a lie, and that’s ok | Farid Zakaria’s Blog](https://fzakaria.com/2026/03/07/nix-is-a-lie-and-that-s-ok) [Help understanding the libGL ABI problem and possible solutions - Help - NixOS Discourse](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/help-understanding-the-libgl-abi-problem-and-possible-solutions/42022?u=mightyiam) [Spack](https://spack.io/) [nix-community/nixos-facter: Declarative hardware configuration for NixOS](https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-facter) --- Nixcademy ad transcript: Statistically speaking, Nix is a novel technology. As such, adoption comes at an immediate cost of productivity. Team members who know Nix find themselves preoccupied providing support and the emergence of anti-patterns adds technical debt. What's worse; morale is affected. But, with training, these costs can be all but elimitated. Founded by my friend and mentor Jacek Galowicz, Nixcademy have brought hundreds of team members up to speed with Nix. It's what they do. So, liberate your Nix experts, prevent technical debt and get on top of Nix and back to work better and sooner. Visit nixcademy.com . Jacek tells me that most Nixcademy clients returned their investment in training in under three months. They also provide free educational content that I recommend and a newsletter that I subscribe to. nixcademy.com . Determinate Nix ad transcript: You may be a huge Nixer, seeking to apply it to everything at work. But — security, compliance, and scale. Enter Determinate Nix. It is the Nix that powers our systems. But with the governance, stability, and features to back an enterprise Nixer. Such as: - Parallel evaluation - Out of the box native Linux builder on macOS - Lazy trees - Automatic certificate handling - First-class mobile device management And the list goes on. Visit determinate.systems to find out how Nixers in charge of critical infra such as finance and defense turn deterministic fantasy into reproducible reality. determinate.systems Post-roll transcript: For past and future episodes search “Full Ti

Pre-roll transcript: Nix Freaks: Spontaneous topics Passionate discussions Wild takes Programmer humor A Full Time Nix production For silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app. --- Nix Freaks https://fulltimenix.com/nix-freaks Auto-generated meh chapters sorry 00:00 Introduction and Community Engagement 01:29 Steering Committee Election Results 04:27 Reflections on Community Service and Collaboration 07:29 Moderation and Governance Challenges Yensid: better remote building 10:16 Technical Discussions on Remote Building 13:23 Innovations in Load Balancing and Build Processes 28:07 Rebuilding Dependencies and Build Environments 30:48 Challenges with Nix and Rust Integration 33:42 The Role of Haskell in Nix Development 36:22 Managing Kernel Extensions and Driver Kits 37:38 The Transition from X11 to Wayland 43:20 NixOS on Steam Deck: A User Experience 48:27 Maintaining Stability in NixOS Updates 53:29 AI in Package Management: A Double-Edged Sword 59:13 Parsing Challenges in Nix Packages 59:38 The Complexity of Nix Package Maintenance 01:00:37 Custom Solutions and Workarounds 01:02:37 MacOS and Nix: Compatibility Issues 01:05:20 Hydra's Inefficiencies and Design Limitations 01:06:27 Decoupling Nix Packages for Efficiency 01:08:10 The Cost of Build Times in Nix 01:09:40 Binary Reproducibility and Testing Challenges 01:11:12 Separating Tests from Build Processes Track test derivations and parallelize building and testing #7662 01:15:14 The Future of Testing in Nix Packages 01:19:01 Potential Changes to Hydra's Architecture 01:23:20 Closing Thoughts and Future Directions --- Post-roll transcript: For past and future episodes search "Full Time Nix" on a podcast app or visit fulltimenix.com . Nix Freaks takes place weekly. You are welcome to show up and chat or even ask to join the call. For details visit fulltimenix.com .

Pre-roll transcript: Nix Freaks: Spontaneous topics Passionate discussions Wild takes Programmer humor A Full Time Nix production For silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app. --- Nix Freaks https://fulltimenix.com/nix-freaks flake-aspects molybdenumsoftware/pr-tracker https://github.com/mightyiam/dendritic NixOS specialization devenv profiles systemd , udev , Finit finix Sandboxing, isolation, security Steering Committee election voting system Steering Committee transparency Stakeholders in the Nix community and their risks and more --- Post-roll transcript: For past and future episodes search "Full Time Nix" on a podcast app or visit fulltimenix.com . Nix Freaks takes place weekly. You are welcome to show up and chat or even ask to join the call. For details visit fulltimenix.com .

Pre-roll transcript: Before you is an episode of the Full Time Nix podcast. For silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app. --- https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024/blob/main/candidates/djacu.md --- Post-roll transcript: For past and future episodes search "Full Time Nix" on a podcast app or visit fulltimenix.com .