Full Time Nix

Full Time Nix

byShahar "Dawn" Or

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Real chats with brilliant Nixers

Episodes(40 episodes)

Episode 83
Bump 2026-02-03
Pre-roll transcript:Bump!Nix ecosystem news---I built a Nix binary cache backed by Git (82% storage reduction) - Development - NixOS Discoursehome-manager Chrome now has a plasmaSupport flagSoftware Engineer (f/m/d) Build System and Package Management @ Hexagon Robotics (100% Zürich, Switzerland) - Jobs - NixOS Discoursehome-manager launchd module ensures that the store is available before startingnixos/misc/nixpkgs add setting nixpkgs.config.allowUnfreePackages = [“list” “of” “packages”] by dwt · Pull Request #396595 · NixOS/nixpkgsNixtamal: Fulfilling, pure input pinning for Nix - Announcements...
Published: Feb 3, 2026Duration: 14m 23s
Episode 82
Nix Freaks 15
Pre-roll transcript:Nix Freaks:Spontaneous topicsPassionate discussionsWild takesProgrammer humorA Full Time Nix productionFor silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app---Nix FreaksBay Area Nix Meetup first Fridays at UC Berkeley’s OCF on February 6th 6PM to 11PM 🕚 - Events - NixOS DiscourseDisko-zfs: manage your datasets declaratively - Announcements - NixOS DiscourseNixpkgs core team update 2026-01-22 - Announcements / Nixpkgs Core Team - NixOS DiscourseReplit — Using Tvix St...
Published: Feb 2, 2026Duration: 1h 13m 50s
Episode 81
Nix Freaks 14
Pre-roll transcript:Nix Freaks:Spontaneous topicsPassionate discussionsWild takesProgrammer humorA Full Time Nix productionFor silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app---Nix FreaksNew York Nix Meetup - February 18th, 2026 - Events - NixOS DiscourseNew York Nix Meetup - March 18th, 2026 - Events - NixOS DiscourseFramework Partnership Announcement | Blog | Nix & NixOSClan 2025 Wrap-Up: From Infrastructure to a New Computing Paradigm | ClanIT System Administrator (m/w/d) @ Cyberus...
Published: Jan 28, 2026Duration: 38m 7s
Episode 80
Nix Freaks 13
Pre-roll transcript:Nix Freaks:Spontaneous topicsPassionate discussionsWild takesProgrammer humorA Full Time Nix productionFor silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app---Nix FreaksGitHub - elohmeier/nixwrap: Wrap Nix binaries into Python packages for - Links - NixOS DiscourseNcps v0.6.0: High Availability with PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Redis support - Announcements - NixOS DiscourseCloud Networking Software Engineer @ Aviatrix (100% Remote Position in USA) - Jobs - NixOS DiscourseIntegrating Elm with...
Published: Jan 13, 2026Duration: 1h 38m 59s
Episode 79
Nix Freaks 12
Pre-roll transcript:Nix Freaks:Spontaneous topicsPassionate discussionsWild takesProgrammer humorA Full Time Nix productionFor silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app---Nix Freakspyproject-nix/uv2nix: Uv2nix - Ingest uv workspaces using Nix [maintainer=@adisbladis]NixCon 2025 - Python packaging with nixpkgs, pyproject.nix & uv2nix - YouTubePEP 725 – Specifying external dependencies in pyproject.toml | peps.python.orgPEP 721 – Using tarfile.data_filter for source distribution extraction | peps.python.orgNix...
Published: Jan 6, 2026Duration: 1h 10m 58s
Episode 78
Nix Freaks 11
Pre-roll transcript:Nix Freaks:Spontaneous topicsPassionate discussionsWild takesProgrammer humorA Full Time Nix productionFor silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app---Nix FreaksNix Freakshttps://discourse.nixos.org/t/breaking-changes-announcement-for-unstable/17574/116?u=mightyiamAsterinas NixOS (Linux alternative with Nix userland) - Announcements - NixOS DiscourseNix State of the SBOM - Links - NixOS DiscourseReusable NixOS images on Hetzner Cloud - Guides - NixOS DiscourseTOMOYO MAC...
Published: Dec 30, 2025Duration: 1h 24m 36s
Episode 77
Nix Freaks 10
Pre-roll transcript:Nix Freaks:Spontaneous topicsPassionate discussionsWild takesProgrammer humorA Full Time Nix productionFor silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app---Nix FreaksCreators & Guests Per Magnus - Guest Shahar "Dawn" Or - Host Jacek Galowicz - Guest MyNixOSMyNixOS v2 previewnix-community/nixos-anywhere: Install NixOS everywhere via SSHnix-community/nix-direnv: A fast, persistent use_nix/use_flake implementation for direnvflake-partsMic92/sops-nix: Atomic...
Published: Dec 26, 2025Duration: 1h 28m 51s
Episode 76
Aurora Sprint 2026 Invite
Pre-roll transcript:Before you is an episode of the Full Time Nix podcastFor silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app---Aurora SprintGenkiGenki KatlaOlafur BogasonNixCon 2025 - Nix as a solution to embedded linux - YouTubeHercules CI EffectsMatthew CroughanadisbladisOcean SprintThaiger SprintFull Time Nix | Sprints with Neyts Zupan<...
Published: Dec 24, 2025Duration: 33m 34s
Episode 75
Nix 2.33 with Thomas Bereknyei
Pre-roll transcript:Before you is an episode of the Full Time Nix podcastFor silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app---https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.33.0/manual/release-notes/rl-2.33.html ---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 supportand the emergence of anti-patterns adds technical debt....
Published: Dec 18, 2025Duration: 54m 57s
Episode 74
Nix 2.32 with Thomas Bereknyei
Pre-roll transcript:Before you is an episode of the Full Time Nix podcastFor silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app---https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.32.2/manual/release-notes/rl-2.32.html ---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 supportand the emergence of anti-patterns adds technical debt....
Published: Dec 17, 2025Duration: 40m 8s
Episode 73
Nix Freaks 9
Pre-roll transcript:Nix Freaks:Spontaneous topicsPassionate discussionsWild takesProgrammer humorA Full Time Nix productionFor silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app---Nix Freakshttps://fulltimenix.com/nix-freaksGarnix ActionsAlloc.nixunflakenix-scheduler-hookNixbitSnowbootNiks3Cachix configurable upstream cachesOcean Sprinthttps://github.com/numinit/flackhome-manager defaultEditor now sets VISUALhome-manager programs.npmhome-manager services.colima tool for...
Published: Dec 16, 2025Duration: 1h 46m 36s
Episode 72
Nix Freaks 8
Pre-roll transcript:Nix Freaks:Spontaneous topicsPassionate discussionsWild takesProgrammer humorA Full Time Nix productionFor silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app---Nix Freakshttps://fulltimenix.com/nix-freakshome-manager programs.parallelhome-manager programs.calibrehome-manager programs.screenhttps://github.com/i-am-logger/vogix16Nixpkgs has pkgs.fetchDarcshttps://darcs.toastal.in.th/nixtamal/trunk/doc/manifest.rsthttps://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/12612Molybdenum Software Nixpkgs PR...
Published: Dec 9, 2025Duration: 1h 51m 3s
Episode 71
Nix Freaks 7
Pre-roll transcript:Nix Freaks:Spontaneous topicsPassionate discussionsWild takesProgrammer humorA Full Time Nix productionFor silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app---Nix Freakshttps://fulltimenix.com/nix-freaksBay Area Nix Meetup first Fridays at UC Berkeley’s OCF on December 5th 6PM to 11PMPress - A library for building Typst documents with NixNix Software Engineering at Obsidian SystemsNew ZLS overlayhome-manager programs.cargoUpdate-flake-inputs gi...
Published: Dec 2, 2025Duration: 1h 42m 49s
Episode 70
Thaiger Sprint November 2025
Pre-roll transcript:Before you is an episode of the Full Time Nix podcastFor silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app---https://thaigersprint.org/Alex Decious @adecihttps://github.com/Lassulus/wrappersVimjoyer - Homeless Dotfiles With Nix Wrappershttps://github.com/nix-community/home-managerWIP libstore: control parallel builds with gnu make jobserver protocol #14556Glen Huang @hgldarwin-rebuild: add --target-host support #1631openssh: init moduleSayid...
Published: Nov 27, 2025Duration: 1h 44m 10s
Episode 69
Nix Freaks 6
Pre-roll transcript:Nix Freaks:Spontaneous topicsPassionate discussionsWild takesProgrammer humorA Full Time Nix productionFor silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app---Nix FreaksSummary (generated)In this conversation, the participants discuss various topics related to Nix, including the launch of a new Nix-lang library called htnl, experiences at community events like Thaiger Sprint, and technical discussions around HTML and MIME types. They emphasize the importance of networking, collaboration, and continuous improvement within...
Published: Nov 19, 2025Duration: 1h 44m 24s
Episode 68
Interview with Dawn on the EmergentMind YouTube
https://youtu.be/0Jij9c9TdWo?si=UCtB5M5RVKl35bzm Transcript:  Hey! This is Dawn, author of the Full Time Nix podcast. This is a short message. This podcast was never about me. But if you're curious about me, I have something for you. I was recently interviewed on the YouTube channel EmergentMind. I have enjoyed chatting with the host, Teo. I was told by a fellow Nixer that it was really interesting and pleasant to listen to. Link in the description.
Published: Nov 13, 2025Duration: 32s
Episode 67
Nix at Shopify
Pre-roll transcript:Before you is an episode of the Full Time Nix podcastFor silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app---Hey! Here's where to apply for a Nix job at Shopify (global remote!):Software Engineer - Monorepo Systems (Rust & Nix)Chapters (generated):00:00 Introduction to Nix at ShopifyShopify Engineering02:53 Understanding Shopify's Mission and Operations05:55 The Nix Ecosystem: User Experiences and Challenges08:39 The Journey of Nix Adoption at Shopify11:52 Cross-Platform Portability and Reproducibility<...
Published: Nov 12, 2025Duration: 1h 56m 7s
Episode 65
Nix Freaks 5
Pre-roll transcript:Nix Freaks:Spontaneous topicsPassionate discussionsWild takesProgrammer humorA Full Time Nix productionFor silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app---Nix Freakshttps://fulltimenix.com/nix-freaksAuto-generated meh chapters sorry00:00 Introduction and Community Engagement01:29 Steering Committee Election Results04:27 Reflections on Community Service and Collaboration07:29 Moderation and Governance ChallengesYensid: better remote building10:16 Technical Discussions on Remote Building13:23 Innovations in Load Balancing and Build...
Published: Nov 4, 2025Duration: 1h 29m 43s
Episode 64
Nix Freaks 4
Pre-roll transcript:Nix Freaks:Spontaneous topicsPassionate discussionsWild takesProgrammer humorA Full Time Nix productionFor silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app---Nix Freakshttps://fulltimenix.com/nix-freaksNixVirt: manage virtual machinesNpc - CLI to view and bisect Nixpkgs channel historyNew Branding Page on the NixOS HomepagePath Hasher - A PHP implementation of Nix’s NAR formatNixifying Kubernetes with nix-csi, easykubenix and dinixEkalaNix for Windows (Matrix #windows:nixos.org)Governanceand more! ---...
Published: Oct 28, 2025Duration: 1h 28m 35s
Episode 63
Nix Freaks 3
Pre-roll transcript:Nix Freaks:Spontaneous topicsPassionate discussionsWild takesProgrammer humorA Full Time Nix productionFor silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app---Nix Freakshttps://fulltimenix.com/nix-freaksflake-aspectsmolybdenumsoftware/pr-trackerhttps://github.com/mightyiam/dendriticNixOS specializationdevenv profilessystemd, udev, FinitfinixSandboxing, isolation, securitySteering Committee election voting systemSteering Committee transparencyStakeholders in the Nix community and their risksand more ---Mentoring ad transcript:Hey, you. Do you need help with Nix, NixOS, home-manager...
Published: Oct 21, 2025Duration: 2h 29m 31s