Nix is going mainstream
@domenkozar / @cachix_org
LXC ➪ Docker ➪ Kubernetes
Nix ➪ ?
OS ➪ VMs ➪ Containers ➪ closures
Nix Survey 2022
27% of Nix users use macOS
44% of professional developers use macOS
*Everyone* uses Nix for developer environments
Over 30% of Nix users have joined in the last year
Developer experience
Developer environments
Nixpacks.com:
takes a source directory and produces an OCI compliant image that can be deployed anywhere.
fly.io:
fly deploy --nixpacks
https://blog.replit.com/nix:
most of programming languages support out of the box with Nix
Native OS developer experience:
dream2nix?
macOS
Funding:
opencollective.com/nix-macos
Darwin maintainers team:
github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/145230
Onboarding / documentation:
?
Infrastructure
| cachix.org | Binary Caches & Deploy |
| nixbuild.net | Remote builders |
| hercules-ci.com | Continuous Integration |
| Flox | Raised $7.5M |
| Determinate Systems | Raised $3.5M |
Documentation
2020:
nix.dev: tutorials & guides for getting started
2022:
Valentin started the documentation team
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/documentation-team-flattening-the-learning-curve/20003
2020:
markdown RFC replaces docbook
NixOS Foundation
- Eelco Dolstra (Determinate Systems), President
- Armijn Hemel (Tjaldur), Secretary
- Théophane Hufschmitt (Tweag)
- Ron Efroni (Flox)
- Domen Kožar (Cachix)
New board members:
Observers:
- Graham Christensen (Determinate Systems)