Full Time Nix

In this episode, Shahar and Samyak cover the March 31st edition of the nixpkgs.news.

Check out this edition of nixpkgs.news here: https://nixpkgs.news/archive/2024-03-31/

Hosts: Shahar "Dawn" Or (@mightyiam) , Samyak Sarnayak (@Samyak2)

Nixpkgs.news written and published by Jake Hamilton.

https://cache.nixos.org

https://nixbuild.net/

https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.26/store/types/
https://www.cachix.org/
https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.26/development/experimental-features.html#xp-feature-dynamic-derivations
https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.26/development/experimental-features.html#xp-feature-ca-derivations

https://lix.systems/
https://tvix.dev/

https://github.com/ngi-nix/summer-of-nix

https://nixos.org/community/teams/nix/
https://github.com/Ericson2314

https://www.haskell.org/
https://slurm.schedmd.com/

https://planetnix.com/

Generated chapters:

00:00 Introduction to Nix and Remote Building
02:38 Understanding Nix Daemon and Communication Protocols
05:01 Exploring Derivations and Their Role in Nix
07:26 Setting Up Remote Builders in Nix
09:48 Remote Building Process and Configuration
12:08 Remote Store vs Remote Builder Features
14:21 Managing Build Outputs and Dependencies
16:45 Optimizing Remote Builds and Scheduling
19:28 Conclusion and Future Improvements
24:16 Understanding Remote Store Features
24:43 Continuous Integration (CI) Workflows
26:37 Leveraging Remote Builders in CI
29:20 Exploring Nix Store Components
35:26 The Role of Substitutes in Nix
40:48 Introducing nixbuild.net: A Solution for Nix Builds
50:15 The Power of Concurrency in Build Services
54:11 Choosing nixbuild.net for Efficient Builds
55:17 Understanding Latency and On-Site Options
59:29 Hardware and Architectures for Nix Builds
01:01:37 When to Consider nixbuild.net
01:03:49 Managing Compatibility with Nix Versions
01:06:22 The Nix Community and Company Dynamics
01:07:59 Contributions to the Open Source Ecosystem
01:16:28 Internal Stack and Resource Management
01:21:05 Final Thoughts and Future Directions

https://github.com/fricklerhandwerk
https://github.com/ngi-nix/summer-of-nix
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/help-wanted-planning-for-summer-of-nix-2025/47556?u=mightyiam

In this episode of the Full Time Nix podcast, we discuss the changelog of Nix 2.22. What features were added, what the team intends to add and fix in the future and also discuss infinite recursion. Fun times!